If Hamilton were on Twitter, he would have been a worse oversharer than me. Lin-Manuel Miranda badlyhamiltonoversharer Change image and 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
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
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
What's incredible about 'Hamilton,' and the reason you can't get a ticket, is because everyone's responding to it. Everyone is seeing a bit of themselves in it. Lin-Manuel Miranda bitehamiltonincredible Change image and share on social
'West Wing' was huge. Like 'Hamilton,' it pulls back the curtain on how decision-making happens at the highest level, or at least how you hope it would be. The amount of information Aaron Sorkin packs into a scene gave me this courage to trust the audience to keep up. Lin-Manuel Miranda aaronamountaudience share on social
The reason 'Hamilton' works is because there is no distance between that story that happened 200-some-odd years ago and now, because it looks like America now. It helps create a connection that wouldn't have been there if it was 20 white guys on stage. Lin-Manuel Miranda agoamericaconnection 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
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
