I still look at that water, and I look at Moana's hair, and I'm just like, "How is this even happening?" It's such an incredible mix of technical mastery and wizardry. It's really incredible. It's layers and layers and layers. It's not unlike building a musical. It's really pretty cool.

If you know the voice you're writing for it's such a shortcut. It's such a catalyst to creating the kind of energy you want.

I got to fall in love. I got to win a war. I got to write words that inspired a nation.

Once George Washington said, "I have to step down the so the country can move on."

We sort of quickly realized every rhythm, Opetaia [Foa'i] takes the lead.

Lamplighters are the guys who manually turned on all the street lamps in London and turned them off. That was the gig in the 1930s in London.

I think one of the things that makes theater special is first of all, it's one of the last places you put your phone away. And second of all, it's one of the last places where we all have a common experience together.