Daveed Diggs

I didn't know a single musical soundtrack, really, growing up. Nobody listened to musicals. That wasn't a thing I did. ”

That's what hip-hop is - it's about meeting the music where you are, and then you add on top of that. It's about coming at it with your full self. ”

Learning how to get a point across is pretty useful in any situation. ”

As a kid, you don't have a ton of spaces where you are honored, where what you think is honored and what you say is revered. ”

There's a lot of spaces that care about what kids are buying. There are a lot of spaces that care about what kids are watching. But there aren't a lot of spaces that care about what kids are saying. ”

As a kid, I was very shy. ”

I've always been very supported. I've never really been sad. I've just been broke. They are very different things. ”

We're very used to seeing a huge diversity of white people. You never just expect two white people on TV to feel the same way. ”

I liked being on stage because it gave me a reason to be around people. The other great thing about acting is it allows you to imagine circumstances different from your own. I was a poor Bay Area kid getting to pretend to be a Russian aristocrat. ”

Being multiracial has allowed me to feel comfortable walking in all different circles. ”