Christopher Jackson

“Because for every Lin Miranda performance, there's some young person out there saying, 'Oh, I can write something like this.' Or, 'I didn't think that this was possible.' It opens a world of possibilities.”

“I've never wanted to do just one thing. I don't have an attention span for that. I can focus really well on one thing - what's in front of me.”

“If an artist doesn't have anything to say, he'll be quiet. Or he'll yell into the darkness until he finds something and hears something back.”

“The reach of 'Hamilton' never surprises me. It's always a delight to meet someone who's seen the show.”

“I get great joy from being a part of a play that doesn't take itself too seriously.”

“My most important jobs are to be a father and a husband, and so some things have to wait.”

“If you look back throughout the history of Broadway, there's always been periods where writers and producers have delivered the kind of things that people want to see, while at the same time pushing the form along.”

“I've been telling people that 'Hamilton' is very much a glimpse of what it's like to be inside Lin's brain.”

“I pay attention when people get manicures and pedicures. I've always noticed it as a guy. When my wife goes to get her nails done, I'm always very aware of it.”

“It instantly felt like, for me as an actor that I justified, I was able to draw a direct relation between Chris the actor and being George Washington.”

“I get goosebumps going out on stage every night.”

“I came into the business where Will Smith was pretty much taking over the world - or defending it, if you will. He was showing success on so many different fronts - television, recording, movies. So that was really my prototype in terms of looking at the business and seeing where you fit in.”

“I'm used to multitasking... I like it that way. I like when things are busy. I strive off the pace.”

“If you can save one body, and one heart and soul and mind, then it's a worthy cause and a worthy venture.”

“Broadway is at its best when it represents as many people as possible.”

“You can make the most powerful movie ever made, and you hope that whatever resonates gets taken home and survives the night. You also hope that, the next morning, it gives someone pause before they would act on their more base instincts, or out of habit.”

“Jazz is all about being in the moment. Whatever the music is making you feel, jazz gives you the freedom. That's the same genesis as hip-hop.”

“I was an extra on 'New York Undercover.' I played a person at a homeless shelter.”

“I'm sort of a history nutjob.”

“I've had to make time to really explore all the amazing things that are out and try to understand the history of how fashion has moved through modern times and how it shaped everything, from overall aesthetic to design to how it's influenced the great artists of our time.”