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"32 Harvey Fierstein Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 6 June 1954 | Actor | Playwright |

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Never Be bullied Silence A victim
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If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?

You deny Yourself commitment Life
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It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as.

Fun Play someone Think
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You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in.

Got offered Romantic leads Role
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What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change.

What looks Absolutely fabulous Rehearsal Audience
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The world is full of more interesting things than my voice.

The world Interesting things
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Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.

Time Tell us We did
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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.

Really Love Theater Unmerciful life
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My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives.

Play safe Sex Picked Untrue
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There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.

Times Take role Perceived Certain way
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And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television.
Believe Never be Limited You do
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I actually may do a musical next year... not one that I've written; one that I may star in. Plus my concert and other people's work and all of a sudden you've got a very full life.

Actually may Musical Star in My concert
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To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky.

Work Time Lucky
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It would be nice to redefine ourselves - at the moment we are drowning in diversity. That's not a bad thing, its just going to take a while before we refocus.

Nice Redefine ourselves Diversity Bad thing
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Political movements always belong to the young.

Political movements Belong Young
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I am thrilled - I can't stress that enough - thrilled when I see kids getting active.

Thrilled Stress Kids Active
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I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.

Pray Believe God
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Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy... and a few friendships too. 

Alwys admit Wrong Save thousands Friendships
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I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.

Believe Connected Positive energy Power
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Beware of anyone who says they know. Trust me, they don't, or they wouldn't have to say they did.

Beware Anyone Trust me
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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.

Anyone Smart phone Potential eyewitness
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Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

Art Power Transform Illuminate
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Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.

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

Movies Plot Story heavy
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I don't believe in the afterlife, so I do think when somebody passes, it's worthy of note.

Believe Afterlife Think Somebody passes
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I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding.

I got Check today Writer Siting
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I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.

Like politics Rule Spotlight
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Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war.

Nothing blind People Common enemy Voters
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I often say that if you want to really want to understand the contract of marriage, just ask anyone who has been divorced. The marriage contract is one of property rights. Or maybe you can look in the Bible to see what Adam had to say about divorce, since Eve was his second wife.

Really Understand Contract Marriage
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Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas. Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.

Movies Plot Theater Ideas
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Theater is my temple and my religion and my act of faith. Strangers sit in a room together and believe together.

Theater Temple Religion Faith
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I have the world's worst taste in men, so now I simply have wonderful relationships of the friend kind, but trying to settle down with somebody? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm beyond that.

Worst taste Wonderful relationships Friend kind
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Harvey Fierstein Quotes & Sayings