Harvey Forbes Fierstein quotes
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
“If you have an I.Q. of over 30, then there is no God.”
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
“There's one more thing you better understand. I have taught myself to sew, cook, fix plumbing, build furniture - I can even pat myself on the back when necessary - all so I don't have to ask anyone for anything. There's nothing I need from anyone except for love and respect and anyone who can't give me those two things has no place in my life.”
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
“- Arnold Beckoff: Ma... I miss him.
- Ma Beckoff: Give yourself time, Arnold. It gets better... But, Arnold, it never goes away. You can work longer hours, adopt a son, fight with me, whatever... it'll still be there. But that's all right, it becomes a part of you, like learning to wear a ring or a pair of eyeglasses. You get used to it. And...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Independence Day
“- Marty Gilbert: A countdown... wait, a countdown to what David?
- David Levinson: It's like in chess: First, you strategically position your pieces and when the timing is right you strike. They're using this signal to syncronize their efforts and in 5 hours the countdown will be over.
- Marty Gilbert: And then what?
- David Levinson:...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Bullets Over Broadway
“He's working on a vehicle for Helen for next season. She plays Jesus' mother. It's a whole Oedipul thing. He loves her... wants to do in the father... well you can see the complications.”
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
It kills me to know that they look at me and all they can think is, "Where did we go wrong?".
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
- From the movie: Mulan
“I'm gonna hit you so hard, it'll make your ancestors dizzy.”
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
“- Arnold Beckoff: I know you'll find this hard to comprehend, but I want more out of life than meeting a pretty face and sitting down on it.
- Murray: Graphically put!” - From the movie: Bullets Over Broadway
- Helen Sinclair: I do plays put on by Balasco, or Sam Harris, not some Yiddish pant salesman turned producer. My ex-husband used to say, "If you're gonna go down, go down with the best of them".
- Sid Loomis: Which ex-husband?
- Helen Sinclair: Oh, I don't know which ex-husband. The one with the moustache. - From the movie: Garbo Talks
“- Bernie Whitlock: What are you looking for? We're all looking for something.
- Gilbert Rolfe: You're not going to believe me. I'm looking for Greta Garbo.” - From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
“- Bertha Venation: Personally, I never enjoy sex with someone I know.
- Arnold Beckoff: Our Lady of High Standards!” - From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
“- Arnold Beckoff: Do you ever think before you speak?
- Alan Simon: No. Why? Do you?
- Arnold Beckoff: Frequently. It helps to pass the time while you're speaking.” - From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
“At 13 I knew everything. Senility set in sometime after that.”
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
“- Arnold Beckoff: Try and imagine the world the other way around. Imagine every book, every magazine, every TVshow, every movie was telling you you should be homosexual. You know you're not, but...
- Ma Beckoff: Stop already, you're talking crazy.
- Arnold Beckoff: You wanna know what's crazy? After all these years I'm still sitting here trying...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
“Let's get one thing straight first. A: I want children and B: if anyone asks: I'm the pretty one.”
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
“You want to be a part of my life, I'm not editing out the things you don't like!”
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
- From the movie: Bullets Over Broadway
- From the movie: Torch Song Trilogy
- Ed Reese: Whoops.
- Arnold Beckoff: Whoops? Ed, did you say "whoops"? No, Ed. "Whoops" is when you fall down an elevator shaft. "Whoops" is when you skinny-dip in a school of piranha. "Whoops" is when you accidentally douche with Drano! No, Ed. This was no "whoops." This was an "Aha-ha-ha-ha"!
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