Harvey Fierstein

In London they don't like you if you're still alive. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#like #london #still #you

In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#also #character #colors #did #doing

It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#lot #normally #play #someone #think

It's through sheer will that I can sing. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#i can #sheer #sing #through #will

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#even #heavy #ideas #movies #plot

Pork was in 1971, and I stopped hanging out at The Factory by like 1973. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#hanging #i #like #out #pork

So, did I work with Warhol? I worked with him less on that play then I did on other things. He actually did a portrait of my rabbit and some other stuff. Warhol was definitely... Warhol. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#definitely #did #him #i #less

Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#movies #resonate #theater #way #your

There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#certain #certain way #i #perceived #roles

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

#gay #heterosexual #i #important #me