Luis Miranda Jr.

And I know he could have done it. He is so good at it. I see him meeting with elected officials. He's so charming, but faithful to his beliefs. You're not going to convince him to say something he doesn't believe in.

Lin-Manuel and his friends, all very arrogant young people. They needed money to hire the actors and really further develop. I ask, how much do you need? And they say, $40,000. I'm like, no, they're going to give you $40,000. This is 2005, 2006. I said, but I know what I'll do. I'll ask my friend, who's the artistic director of Repertorio Español, Spanish Repertoire, to lend me the theater.

Lin-Manuel and his friends, all very arrogant young people. They needed money to hire the actors and really further develop. I ask, how much do you need? And they say, $40,000. I'm like, no, they're going to give you $40,000. This is 2005, 2006. I said, but I know what I'll do. I'll ask my friend, who's the artistic director of Repertorio Español, Spanish Repertoire, to lend me the theater.

Lin-Manuel and his friends, all very arrogant young people. They needed money to hire the actors and really further develop. I ask, how much do you need? And they say, $40,000. I'm like, no, they're going to give you $40,000. This is 2005, 2006. I said, but I know what I'll do. I'll ask my friend, who's the artistic director of Repertorio Español, Spanish Repertoire, to lend me the theater.

You guys do a reading. We'll invite people and we'll ask them a thousand bucks a pop. A backers audition, this is. Correct. Friends coming together because you're telling them that your kid is good.

You guys do a reading. We'll invite people and we'll ask them a thousand bucks a pop. A backers audition, this is. Correct. Friends coming together because you're telling them that your kid is good.

You guys do a reading. We'll invite people and we'll ask them a thousand bucks a pop. A backers audition, this is. Correct. Friends coming together because you're telling them that your kid is good.

I believe that producing more art makes a society healthier. Do you have evidence? Yes. I'm a poor kid from a small town in Puerto Rico that somehow felt that musicals were fantastic. I didn't know what they were singing. Do you understand that I'm listening to shit? And I have no clue what they are singing. But there was something attractive, magnetic, magical about the form.

I believe that producing more art makes a society healthier. Do you have evidence? Yes. I'm a poor kid from a small town in Puerto Rico that somehow felt that musicals were fantastic. I didn't know what they were singing. Do you understand that I'm listening to shit? And I have no clue what they are singing. But there was something attractive, magnetic, magical about the form.

I believe that producing more art makes a society healthier. Do you have evidence? Yes. I'm a poor kid from a small town in Puerto Rico that somehow felt that musicals were fantastic. I didn't know what they were singing. Do you understand that I'm listening to shit? And I have no clue what they are singing. But there was something attractive, magnetic, magical about the form.

Arts can create wealth, but it speaks to a different part of who we are as humans and as a society.

Arts can create wealth, but it speaks to a different part of who we are as humans and as a society.

Arts can create wealth, but it speaks to a different part of who we are as humans and as a society.

Someone took a chance, only Manuel. And for me, you never finish paying for that. Who was it that took a chance on him?

Someone took a chance, only Manuel. And for me, you never finish paying for that. Who was it that took a chance on him?

Someone took a chance, only Manuel. And for me, you never finish paying for that. Who was it that took a chance on him?