Harvey Fierstein Quotes

Any musical is a major undertaking.

I'm more surprised than anyone that 'Spamalot's done so well. You can never predict what's going to be a hit.

There are so many things that have to go right for a movie to be good that it's a miracle whenever one is.

Some of my own books are being developed - one as a Broadway musical.

I was in 'Hair,' which didn't work in London, but it was a show we all believed in.

San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there.

The thing about making a musical is that you can and will be replaceable really quickly.

There are so many factors that go into having a successful movie.. too many that you can't control.

I made all these great musicals with Judy Garland. It was all about me going into a barn and saying: 'Let's put on a show.' That's what me and Judy did.

Actors don't get to be well-known if they're horrible.

I would love to do a musical so hopefully I will be blessed with doing one.

In '75, the year both A Chorus Line and Chicago hit Broadway, my head spun around and I became the ultimate theater queen for life.

I was in the original cast of 'Wicked', and that got a bad review in 'The New York Times,' and it's the most successful thing that's ever been put onstage.

I think with the smaller-scale projects, the burden for success falls more squarely on the shoulders of the actors and the director and the script.

I would love to do a musical. I would love that. I would have to find the right book, the right story, but some day I'm going to make one. I would really like to go off and direct a musical. That's what I would really like to do when I grow up.

Musical theater is often seen as a lesser form of acting, although I don't see it that way.

For a movie - any movie - to work, all the bread has to fall jelly side up; everything has to go right. You have to hit the zeitgeist.

What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'

Harry Cohn did not make me. But I also feel that I probably didn't make me, either. I think it was a combination. I think that's what made it work.

As a musician, basically the masses never thought I was a musician.

The fame of Maria Foote's beauty and charm of manner had reached London, and in May 1814, she made her first appearance at Covent Garden Theatre and personated Amanthis in 'The Child of Nature' with such grace and effect that the manager complimented her with an immediate engagement.

Doing musicals and theatrical productions, I never did any of my hits.

I've made movies where people say it's their favourite, but they don't take it seriously because it just didn't seem to break through commercially.

People think I got rich out of 'Swan, but I didn't at all: it's the royalties from 'Oliver' and 'My Fair Lady' that have kept me going.

There are some directors who actually fear the possible success of music. They fear that the audience or the critics will think the film has worked because there was a very good music score.