Harvey Fierstein Quotes
How time files when you's doin' all the talking.
Stephen and his contemporaries did not anticipate the advent of radio and television which elevated the conversationalist’s ability to have an audience. Today, many conversationalists host media shows and serve as critics and pundits. Many are far better recognized than most politicians and speechmakers.
Harvey Forbes Fierstein is an American actor, playwright and political commentator. He is best known for his theater work in Torch Song Trilogy and Hairspray and movie roles in Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, and as the voice of Yao in Mulan and Mulan II. Fierstein won two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Play and Best Play for Torch Song Trilogy (about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family). His third, the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, was earned for the musical La Cage aux Folles and his fourth Tony Award, the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical was earned for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. Fierstein also wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots, Newsies, and A Catered Affair. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.