Quote by Harvey Fierstein
In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 unti

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

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When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this ones too tall and that one doesnt have a high enough voice or this one looks to old to match up with that one – theres a billion reasons not to hire somebody. – Harvey Fierstein

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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

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So, did I work with Warhol? I worked with him less on that play then I did on other things. He actually did a portrait of my rabbit and some other stuff. Warhol was definitely… Warhol. – Harvey Fierstein

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Everybody keeps saying that Indias a poor country. Yes, we have poverty. But I blame the government of India, the political establishment, for their failure to educate and therefore their failure to control the poverty. – Vijay Mallya

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Im very comfortable with failure. Im very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people. – Steven Soderbergh

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There is always time for failure. – John Mortimer

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There is no failure. Only feedback. – Robert Allen

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