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Beschreibung | Harvey Forbes Fierstein (/ˈfaɪərˌstiːn/ FIRE-steen; geboren am 6. Juni 1952) ist ein amerikanischer Schauspieler, Dramatiker und Drehbuchautor. Er ist vor allem für seine Theaterarbeit in der Torch Song Trilogy und Hairspray sowie für seine Filmrollen in Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day und als Stimme von Yao in Mulan und Mulan II bekannt. Für die Torch Song Trilogy gewann Fierstein zwei Tony Awards: Bester Schauspieler in einem Theaterstück und Bestes Theaterstück. Für das Musical La Cage aux Folles erhielt er seinen dritten Tony Award für das beste Buch eines Musicals und für die Rolle der Edna Turnblad in Hairspray seinen vierten Tony Award für den besten Darsteller in einem Musical. Fierstein schrieb auch das Buch für die mit dem Tony Award ausgezeichneten Musicals Kinky Boots, Newsies und das für den Tony Award nominierte und mit dem Drama League Award ausgezeichnete A Catered Affair. Im Jahr 2007 wurde er in die American Theater Hall of Fame aufgenommen. |
What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change.
Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.
The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.
Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.
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.
I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding.
My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives.
My father was brought up in an orphanage in the Catskills. He was a factory worker. And because his family wasn't there for him, family was everything. We could disagree inside the house, but outside the house it was us against the world. So when I became a drag actor, he looked sideways but said okay.
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life define yourself.
I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.
I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.
