And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television. – Harvey Fierstein
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 its a – knock wood – hit, the checks come in for many years. – Harvey Fierstein
You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often its a role thats underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in. – Harvey Fierstein
In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things. – Harvey Fierstein