Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me.

I got to holler just to be heard.

Ed Koch once said that New York City is where immigrants come to audition for America. That's what happened to my parents; that's what happened to me.

It's an enormous relief to go to work and be an actor and not be worried about writing.

I try to let my decisions be guided not by what I think will succeed or fail, but what I'm going to learn from that process.

I loved musicals. I loved being in the school play and being lucky enough to get parts in the school play. But they always took place in some other time and place.

I have been working on this movie [Moana] since before Hamilton happened.