“There is nothing quite like bathing in the applause of a curtain call, but when I bow, I bow to the audience, with gratitude, knowing that without them I might as well be lip-syncing showtunes in my bedroom mirror," he said.
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In fact, I spoke to him and he said, ‘I just want to put my name in there as someone who would love to give you the award.’ And I said, ‘Well, I’d rather you didn’t.’ I said, ‘I’d rather you wrote my speech,’” Fierstein says.
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