[1] Spencer Morgan, "An Intimate Visit With Harvey Fierstein", The New York Observer, 21 April 2008: "We don't talk about our lives, gay people. We don't write about our lives. And of course heterosexuals are definitely not going to go looking for us to write about or talk about us." Additionally an quote of unknown origin, for which we cannot verify Fierstein actually said: "I've never been secretive about being gay. Never."
Father: Irving Fierstein
Mother: Jacqueline Harriet Gilbert
University: BFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn (1973)
amfAR National Council
Tony 1983 for Torch Song Trilogy (acting)
Tony 1983 for Torch Song Trilogy (writing)
Tony 1984 for La Cage Aux Folles (libretto)
Tony 2003 for Hairspray
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Farce of the Penguins (30-Jan-2007) [VOICE]
Mulan II (3-Nov-2004) [VOICE]
Duplex (26-Sep-2003)
Death to Smoochy (28-Feb-2002)
Common Ground (29-Jan-2000)
Playing Mona Lisa (2000)
Double Platinum (16-May-1999)
Safe Men (07-Aug-1998)
Mulan (5-Jun-1998) [VOICE]
Kull the Conqueror (29-Aug-1997)
Independence Day (2-Jul-1996)
The Celluloid Closet (13-Sep-1995) Himself
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (25-Aug-1995)
Bullets Over Broadway (16-Sep-1994)
Mrs. Doubtfire (24-Nov-1993)
The Harvest (5-Nov-1993)
In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story (18-Sep-1991)
Torch Song Trilogy (14-Dec-1988)
The Times of Harvey Milk (01-Nov-1984) Narrator [VOICE]
Garbo Talks (12-Oct-1984)
The Demon Murder Case (6-Mar-1983) [VOICE]
AKA Harvey Forbes Fierstein