Daveed Diggs

I was really aware, even while it was happening, that the discovery of arts education in my life sort of saved my life. ”

Some people get a Broadway show, and that's their end game, and they want to sit there for as long as possible. And some people have other things they want to do with their life. ”

Often, the people I'm working with on music are separate from the rest of my life. ”

The act of being nice to somebody at Starbucks is actually a huge thing. It's a real change you can effect in somebody's life every day. ”

Recording vocals has the same kind of physical demands as you experience a lot in theater work. ”

Being with a bunch of people who never take a day off means that you're not taking a day off. ”

I get excited to create things that don't exist in the same world as 'Hamilton' because that world is really well done and doesn't need me to inform it anymore. ”

Acting is about finding truth and finding the way to convey the truth. ”

The reason you write something that is exciting and visceral is to force people to hear what you have to say, especially if you're in any kind of marginalized community where people don't want to listen. You have to come up with tricks to make them listen. ”

I think it's important that your work is in conversation with artists in your community. ”