Harvey Fierstein Biography
Harvey Forbes Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play Torch Song Trilogy (about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family) and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. He also wrote the book for the musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning "Kinky Boots".
He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.
Harvey Fierstein Movies
Harvey Fierstein TV Shows
Harvey Fierstein Quotes
Tension and Humor in Unusual Interactions
Helen Hyde:
Are you just gonna stand there and stare at me or are you gonna hand me that towel?
Pete Walston:
I'm gonna stand here and stare at you.
Yves DuBois:
What am I paying you for? 20 years in therapy and I start liking girls? That's malpractice.
Dr. Richard Jacks:
Who would've thought that if another woman came between me and Sarah, that it would be me.
Dr. Richard Jacks:
I know you think I'm crazy but this time I can prove it.
Dr. Richard Jacks:
The next time I tell you I'm a girl, just take my word for it. OK?
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Mistaken Intentions and Childlike Interests
Merv Green:
It was a mistake! An honest mistake! I only did it to help the children!
Tommy Kotter:
You like kids, eh?
Merv Green:
Yes!
Tommy Kotter:
You like fairy tales, then?
Merv Green:
Yeah!
Tommy Kotter:
Jimmy, tell him the one about the worthless prick that got his head chopped off with an axe.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
