When I went into 'Fiddler,' I wondered about the response I'd get - the backlash because I'm openly gay. There was none. I toured Canada and America, and not one single review suggested that I played the role gay or that I seemed anything but Tevye.
Harvey FiersteinTheater is my temple and my religion and my act of faith. Strangers sit in a room together and believe together.
Harvey FiersteinI really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a new performance.
Harvey FiersteinWith Russia about to hold the Winter Games in Sochi, the country is open to pressure. American and world leaders must speak out against Mr. Putin's attacks and the violence they foster. The Olympic Committee must demand the retraction of these laws under threat of boycott.
Harvey Fierstein