<![CDATA[Unique voice]]>Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Harvey Fierstein

inugrrl — 17 years ago(June 21, 2008 08:53 PM)

Mr. Fierstein has one of the most unique voices in show business, but I'm wondering how that voice came to be. Did he suffer a throat injury in his past? I looked in his IMDB bio and couldn't find anything

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From his bio/trivia section: "
His trademark voice is the result of over-developed ventricular folds in his throat, which produce a hoarse-sounding double voice.
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He's quoted as saying that "the average voice is about 70% tone & 30% noise," whereas his is more like 95% noise.

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I HATE his voice. Everytime I see a movie with him in it I say, "oh god, the guy with the annoying voice again."
Hear me now! This place is cursed, damned, and yes your master is the devil!

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Yeah kind of like Tom Waits.
But I suspect large amounts of high alcoholic booze were involveded in his case.
What clichs? Thats a word the wannabe critics use when they want to whinge.

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LMFAOLOLOLROFL

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I've been wondering about his voice for years because I know he's sounded like that for a long time and wasn't sure if that was just a character voice he did (like Gilbert Gottfried), but can't talking like that constantly cause polyps or some other detrimental problems?

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From what I understand, very early in his career he was in a play that required him to deliver a long monologue over the top of a gospel recording of "God Bless America" that was being played very loudly. Harvey, ever the dedicated professional, wanted every word of the monologue heard, and over the course of the season he did permanent damage to his voice, resulting in the iconic rasp that is now his trademark.
MM

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I can do a good Harvey Fierstein impression too but I always need a glass of water afterwards!

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I can immitate his voice perfectly, it always gets a laugh out of my friends.

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I adore Harvey's voice. You just can't blend in with vocals like his, and my favorite people are always the ones who stand out.

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He eats 3 packs of cigarettes a day.

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