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
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