I have been working on this movie [Moana] since before Hamilton happened. Lin-Manuel Miranda More Quotes by Lin-Manuel Miranda More Quotes From Lin-Manuel Miranda 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.' Lin-Manuel Miranda feel you experience racism I made a movie when I was 15 years old with all my friends. This is when IMDb was a little more lax with its proceedings, so it's listed as one of my projects. I was 15 years old; it's a terrible movie. I wrote 50 percent of it because I wanted to kiss this one girl, and I wrote a kissing scene for it. Lin-Manuel Miranda kiss old friends girl In 'Hamilton,' we're telling the stories of old, dead white men, but we're using actors of color, and that makes the story more immediate and more accessible to a contemporary audience. Lin-Manuel Miranda dead color white men We've had characters like Trump in American politics forever, characters who trade on xenophobia. Lin-Manuel Miranda american like politics forever 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 everyone you seeing reason 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 you feet success people Pretty much anything William Shatner is in is great. He's great at playing that 'I'm the only one sane in the world' character. Lin-Manuel Miranda pretty great character world I couldn't possibly write 'Next to Normal,' but God, I can weep and watch 'Next to Normal' five times. Lin-Manuel Miranda write next i-can god One of my first favorite books was 'The 12 Days of Christmas,' and I would just go up to people and say, 'I can sing 'The 12 Days of Christmas,' and I would make them sit through me reciting it, and I'd go all the way, each time. I've always hooked into lyrics. Lin-Manuel Miranda me christmas time people
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