American Quote by Brandon Victor Dixon

In 'Hamilton,' we're telling the stories of old, dead white men, but we're using actors of color, and that makes the story more immediate…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

I think with 'Hamilton,' Lin-Manuel has really blown up the whole casting idea. It's miraculous. You look at '1776,' it's a bunch of old…

— Donna Lynne Champlin

It wasn't until 'Hamilton' that I began to be considered an actor of color, and I really don't know what to make of it.

— Phillipa Soo

Imagine if Lin-Manuel Miranda had tried to do 'Hamilton' first in Hollywood. They would have told him, 'The forefathers weren't Latino or black. They…

— John Leguizamo

There is a problem in America. An Irish or Polish American can write a story and it's an American story. When a Black American…

— Gloria Naylor

In theater, you can be free. That's how Lin-Manuel Miranda got to do the most revolutionary piece of theater with 'Hamilton': color-blind casting in…

— John Leguizamo

For so long, I have privately felt that what makes a universal good story is cultural specificity. That is just the truth: the reality…

— Greta Lee

Part of my mission as an actor has been to define what an American is.

— John Cho

The idea of taking classic American stories and reinterpreting them for a time and place is not just commercially viable. These stories also carry…

— Bill Pullman

We [Americans] have a historical trauma when it comes to the past relationships when it comes to Native Americans and the history of how…

— Adam Beach

Making 'American Made' really was an adventure.

— Doug Liman

The thing about American writers is that, as a group, they get stuck in the same idea: that we're a continent and the world…

— Sam Shepard