Harvey Fierstein Quotes
You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theater because it is an unmerciful life. It's six days a week. It's eight performances a week. And that's doing the exact same thing over and over and over again.
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It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it's one damn thing over and over.
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Happiness must be grown in one's own garden.
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Nobody wants to read about a good-looking happy person.
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You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theater because it is an unmerciful life. It's six days a week. It's eight performances a week. And that's doing the exact same thing over and over and over again.
