If Hamilton were on Twitter, he would have been a worse oversharer than me. Lin-Manuel Miranda badlyhamiltonoversharer Change image and share on social
There's been lots of theater that uses hip-hop in it, but more often than not, it's used as a joke - isn't it hilarious that these characters are rapping. I treat it as a musical form, and a musical form that allows you to pack in a ton of lyric. Lin-Manuel Miranda characterformhilarious share on social
We've had characters like Trump in American politics forever, characters who trade on xenophobia. Lin-Manuel Miranda americancharacterforever Change image and share on social
A lot of the reason the Universal version of 'Heights' went away is that they were afraid they didn't have a big enough Latino star to bankroll this movie. The people I dealt with at the studio who wanted to make this movie were very passionate about it. Lin-Manuel Miranda afraidbankrollbig share on social
What I learned from my go-round with 'In the Heights' is that it's tough to make a movie. In Hollywood, even the people in charge have people in charge. Lin-Manuel Miranda chargeheighthollywood Change image and share on social
Because of the success of 'Hamilton' and 'On Your Feet!' you can't hide behind the old argument of, 'It needs to be bankable, so we can't put all these people of color in the show.' We are bankable. Lin-Manuel Miranda argumentbankablecolor Change image and share on social
I think I'm always subconsciously trying to write the ideal school play. Lots of parts for everybody, great parts for women - don't forget, more girls try out than boys in the school play; everyone gets to be in the school play. Lin-Manuel Miranda boyforgetgirl share on social
You could do a 'Les Mis'-type musical about Hamilton, but it would have to be 12 hours long, because the amount of words on the bars when you're writing a typical song - that's maybe got 10 words per line. Lin-Manuel Miranda amountbarhamilton share on social
When I was asked to do a song from 'In the Heights' at the White House in 2009, I chose instead to do 'Alexander Hamilton' because I felt like I was meeting a moment. Lin-Manuel Miranda alexanderaskchoose Change image and share on social
I kind of need to be ambulatory to write lyrics. Lin-Manuel Miranda ambulatorykindlyric Change image and share on social
