Manuel Miranda
Manuel Miranda
Everything we know about Hamilton, we knew when he was alive, because he told us.
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Biggie and Big Pun were the best storytellers of the '90s. I would get wrapped up in the narrative of what they were talking about.
great people
You know what's a great way of tricking people into thinking you're a genius? Write a show about geniuses!
I kind of need to be ambulatory to write lyrics.
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I always had an eye toward the stage for the story of Hamilton's life, but I began with the idea of a concept album, the way Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Evita' and 'Jesus Christ Superstar' were albums before they were musicals.
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The only other thing that's like video games for me is watching tennis on TV. I can have it on, and there's a rhythmic quality to it - I can be watching Wimbledon or the U.S. Open and still be working.
fun people
The fun for me in collaboration is, one, working with other people just makes you smarter; that's proven.
'Rent' was the show that made me want to write. Or that showed me you're allowed to write.
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I couldn't possibly write 'Next to Normal,' but God, I can weep and watch 'Next to Normal' five times.
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My only responsibility as a playwright and a storyteller is to give you the time of your life in the theatre. I just happen to think that with Hamilton's story, sticking close to the facts helps me. All the most interesting things in the show happened.
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I can't say I have enough experience with Hollywood to feel that I've encountered racism there. I can tell you that I did about five fruitless years of auditioning for voiceovers where I did variations on tacos and Latin accents, and my first screen role was as a bellhop on 'The Sopranos.'
capacity good great
What 'Twilight Zone' did was show we all have a great capacity for good and evil.
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Sometimes a line enters your head, and you're so grateful for it. You go online to check to see if anyone wrote it before you. You must have stolen it.
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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.