153 Quotes by Harvey Fierstein

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.

How time flies when you’re doin all the talking.

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.

I just don’t like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I’ll do that.

What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don’t change.

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

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.

I guess a drag queen’s like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.

A child’s kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?