Actor, playwright, and screenwriter Harvey Fierstein, 69, is best known for his theater work in Torch Song Trilogy and Hairspray, and his movie roles in Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, and as the voice of Yao in Mulan and Mulan II. Fierstein won two Tony Awards — Best Actor in a Play and Best Play — for Torch Song Trilogy. He received his third Tony Award, Best Book of a Musical, for the musical La Cage aux Folles; and his fourth, the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. He is openly gay.
Quote: “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.” | “I have the world’s worst taste in men, so now I simply have wonderful relationships of the friend kind, but trying to settle down with somebody? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I’m beyond that.”
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Learn more about Harvey Fierstein from Wikipedia. ►
Watch “Harvey Fierstein with Barbara Walters on 20/20” (1983) [11:52]. ►
Watch “Theater Talk: ‘Torch Song’ Trio” (2017) [26:45]. ►
Watch “Welcome to the Sixties— Proshot — Winokur & Fierstein” [2:35]. ►
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