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Harvey Fierstein Quote: “I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That’s rewarding.”

51. “I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That’s rewarding.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “I’m sure there’s going to be some material from This Is Not Going To Be Pretty. I usually use that song to just introduce myself to the audience, although the patter in between the song is always different.”

52. “I’m sure there’s going to be some material from This Is Not Going To Be Pretty. I usually use that song to just introduce myself to the audience, although the patter in between the song is always different.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theater because it is an unmerciful life. It’s six days a week. It’s eight performances a week. And that’s doing the exact same thing over and over and over again.”

53. “You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theater because it is an unmerciful life. It’s six days a week. It’s eight performances a week. And that’s doing the exact same thing over and over and over again.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “To me, if a heterosexual has a right to do it, then I have a right to do it. And if it’s important to the gay youth – who are now setting the agenda – then its important to me.”

54. “To me, if a heterosexual has a right to do it, then I have a right to do it. And if it’s important to the gay youth – who are now setting the agenda – then its important to me.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.”

55. “Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “It’s a lot of fun to play someone you don’t normally think of yourself as.”

56. “It’s a lot of fun to play someone you don’t normally think of yourself as.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it’s a role that’s underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in.”

57. “You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it’s a role that’s underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “While we dance in the streets and pat ourselves on the back for being a nation great enough to reach beyond racial divides to elect our first African-American president, let us not forget that we remain a nation still proudly practicing prejudice.”

58. “While we dance in the streets and pat ourselves on the back for being a nation great enough to reach beyond racial divides to elect our first African-American president, let us not forget that we remain a nation still proudly practicing prejudice.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it’s story heavy, it’s about ideas.”

59. “Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it’s story heavy, it’s about ideas.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “There are times when I don’t take roles because I don’t want to be perceived a certain way.”

60. “There are times when I don’t take roles because I don’t want to be perceived a certain way.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this one’s too tall and that one doesn’t have a high enough voice or this one looks to old to match up with that one – there’s a billion reasons not to hire somebody.”

61. “When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this one’s too tall and that one doesn’t have a high enough voice or this one looks to old to match up with that one – there’s a billion reasons not to hire somebody.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky.”

62. “To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television.”

63. “And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “I am thrilled – I can’t stress that enough – thrilled when I see kids getting active.”

64. “I am thrilled – I can’t stress that enough – thrilled when I see kids getting active.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a new performance.”

65. “I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a new performance.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps up, so my voice is obviously responding. It’s a muscle, and the more you use it, the more you use it right, the more you should get out of it. So yes, I sing.”

66. “But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps up, so my voice is obviously responding. It’s a muscle, and the more you use it, the more you use it right, the more you should get out of it. So yes, I sing.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “With Russia about to hold the Winter Games in Sochi, the country is open to pressure. American and world leaders must speak out against Mr. Putin’s attacks and the violence they foster. The Olympic Committee must demand the retraction of these laws under threat of boycott.”

67. “With Russia about to hold the Winter Games in Sochi, the country is open to pressure. American and world leaders must speak out against Mr. Putin’s attacks and the violence they foster. The Olympic Committee must demand the retraction of these laws under threat of boycott.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “CBS really wants me on TV. That’s their aim. My aim is to have an all-gay sitcom someday, with heterosexuals as token guest stars. Let them be the next-door neighbors for a change.”

68. “CBS really wants me on TV. That’s their aim. My aim is to have an all-gay sitcom someday, with heterosexuals as token guest stars. Let them be the next-door neighbors for a change.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “It would be nice to redefine ourselves – at the moment we are drowning in diversity. That’s not a bad thing, its just going to take a while before we refocus.”

69. “It would be nice to redefine ourselves – at the moment we are drowning in diversity. That’s not a bad thing, its just going to take a while before we refocus.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “I don’t believe in the afterlife, so I do think when somebody passes, it’s worthy of note.”

70. “I don’t believe in the afterlife, so I do think when somebody passes, it’s worthy of note.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “I am thinking about how it feels to be a no one in the life of someone you love.”

71. “I am thinking about how it feels to be a no one in the life of someone you love.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “But I’m not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and in a musical you could tell a lot of the story through songs.”

72. “But I’m not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and in a musical you could tell a lot of the story through songs.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “Damned Elmer’s Glue! Just let me finish emasculating this eye and I’ll be right with you.”

73. “Damned Elmer’s Glue! Just let me finish emasculating this eye and I’ll be right with you.”

— Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein Quote: “The jockey never recalls using a whip. The horse never forgets.”

74. “The jockey never recalls using a whip. The horse never forgets.”

— Harvey Fierstein

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