List of Harvey Fierstein Quotes

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.

I Got The Regular Call, That They Were Doing A Broadway Musical Of Hairspray, And Would I Come And Audition. I Was Familiar With The Movie, Because At The Time It Came Out My Lover Wrote For Premiere Magazine, And We Had To See Everything.

There Are Easier Things In Life Than Being A Drag Queen. But I Ain't Got No Choice. Try As I May, I Just Can't Walk In Flats.

Political Movements Always Belong To The Young.

I Burned Out On Aids And Did No Aids Work For A Couple Of Years. I Was So Angry That People Were Still Getting This Disease That Nobody Can Give You - You Have To Go Out And Get It!

To Make Positive Change Requires Lasting Commitment, Lasting Commitment Requires Measurable Targets, Measurable Targets Requires Detailed Action Plans, Detailed Action Plans Requires A Goal You Desire, Desire Requires A Positive Attitude To Change Your Life, And The Option To Change Your Life Requires Work. Byron Pulsifer, From Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained If You Deny Yourself Commitment, What Can You Do With Your Life?

I Just Don't Like Politics. My Rule Is If I Can Put A Spotlight On Something, I'll Do That.

Actually, I Think The Average Voice Is Like 70 Percent Tone And 30 Percent Noise. My Voice Is 95 Percent Noise.

I Have To Work Really Hard, Eight Shows A Week, To Get A Nice Check As An Actor. But When I Write A Play, And It's A - Knock Wood - Hit, The Checks Come In For Many Years.

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.

I Have A Lot Of Faith In President Obama. The Thing That Seems To Be True Of Him Is That He Doesn't Speak When You Would Expect Him To Speak. He's Very Measured In His Response To Things. He Likes To Get All The Facts First Before He Shoots His Mouth Off. It Makes Me Crazy; It Makes A Lot Of People Crazy.

In No Way Be Bullied Into Silence. Hardly Ever Permit On Your Own To Become Made A Sufferer. Acknowledge No One's Definition Of One's Lifetime; Define Oneself