A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them? Harvey Fierstein More Quotes by Harvey Fierstein More Quotes From Harvey Fierstein I have great faith in the United States. It's the only country I would ever live in. Harvey Fierstein great-faith united-states country How time files when you's doin' all the talking. Harvey Fierstein files talking Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate. Harvey Fierstein educate inspire art Theater is my temple and my religion and my act of faith. Strangers sit in a room together and believe together. Harvey Fierstein together believe rooms You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day and take charge of it. Harvey Fierstein seize-the-day one-day children 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 eight week six The real point is that you cannot harbor malice toward others and then cry foul when someone displays intolerance against you. Prejudice tolerated is intolerance encouraged. Rise up in righteousness when you witness the words and deeds of hate, but only if you are willing to rise up against them all, including your own. Otherwise suffer the slings and arrows of disrespect silently. Harvey Fierstein arrows hate real 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 gay stars doors 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 honestly people way If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life? Harvey Fierstein deny inspirational commitment Anyone with a smart phone is a potential eyewitness cameraman capturing and transmitting stories at speeds that turn Reuter photos and traditional reporting into, well... yesterday’s news. Harvey Fierstein smart phones yesterday I just want to be loved, is that so wrong?! Harvey Fierstein want When I went into 'Fiddler,' I wondered about the response I'd get - the backlash because I'm openly gay. There was none. I toured Canada and America, and not one single review suggested that I played the role gay or that I seemed anything but Tevye. Harvey Fierstein gay roles america 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 african-american prejudice president As the book writer for one big smash and one big smelly flop, I always wondered if anyone knows just what goes into making a great musical. When a show is a hit, the critics trip over themselves not knowing who to laud and applaud the loudest. It's that marvelous score, those urbane lyrics, that irreplaceable star. But only when a show is a flop, does anyone notice the book writer. And then it's always our fault. Harvey Fierstein stars knowing book When a politician like Marco Rubio is willing to sacrifice his career defining immigration reform legislation solely to insure that gays and lesbians are denied equal protection under the law, we have to admit that we’re under attack. This is not pragmatic politics at work. These are the policies of bias, exclusion and unfairness. Harvey Fierstein sacrifice gay law Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't. Harvey Fierstein theater heart way 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 portraits play rabbits Somebody should talk to Dan Quayle and tell him natural blondes don't have dark grey stripes on the sides. Harvey Fierstein stripes dark sides Beware of anyone who says they know. Trust me, they don't, or they wouldn't have to say they did. Harvey Fierstein trust-me trust knows
