Hello, I'm Harvey Fierstein, and my memoir is called I Was Better Last Night.

When I say it, I didn't, I didn't, like, hit the last as much as it. You really get it.

Well, because I've lived it, you know.

This is death, sex, and money.

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more.

I mean, a sale.

The Theater is an act of faith, as you know. You go to a performance. Only the people in the theater know that that performance happened. Either you were there that night or you didn't,

or else it was better last night, which is why I think actors hang on to so much crap.

You know, they all have like pieces of costumes and, you know,

in posters and programs and all this stuff.

Because we can't hang on to what we actually love doing.

You know, a furniture maker can make himself a table and say,

that's what I do. But an actor can't.

Harvey Firestein's life is one of dreams coming true. He's won four Tonys for his acting and

writing and shows like Torch Song Trilogy, Hairspray, and La Cajafol. He played Robin Williams'

brother and Mrs. Doubtfire.

And one night, in his dressing room after a performance,

he got to kiss his childhood crush, Richard Chamberlain.

Well, Richard Chamberlain, I mean, it's a gorgeous creature,

and especially on television.

He's absolutely flawless.

And, you know, it's this beautiful, a man. creature, and especially on television. He's absolutely flawless.

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