"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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"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life define yourself.“
-Harvey Fierstein
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