Leslie Odom, Jr. : (6)

" For most of your career, what you’re trying to do is to step into other people’s shoes. " - Leslie Odom, Jr.

" There are certainly people who have committed horrific, evil acts in the history of humanity. I don’t think Aaron Burr’s one of them. " - Leslie Odom, Jr.

" I know it’s hard for people to imagine a time when ‘Hamilton’ wasn’t ‘Hamilton,’ but for years, it was just this little thing that I was telling people about that didn’t make any sense to anybody as I was describing it. But I loved it. " - Leslie Odom, Jr.

" You must be an artist and a citizen of the world. You must speak to this stuff that’s happening. You must do what you can to shine a light on it, help people through it. " - Leslie Odom, Jr.

" None of us wants to be judged by our worst act on our worst day, and we consistently judge Burr for that. He was not a perfect man, but he’s not a villain. He’s a dude, just a guy. " - Leslie Odom, Jr.

" I don’t have any control over the offers that are going to come to me or not come to me. But I can’t go backward, and so that’s what’s tricky. " - Leslie Odom, Jr.