There’s a wonderful moment on The Graham Norton Show when one of the guests jokingly asked Lin-Manuel Miranda for Hamilton tickets.
Graham Norton turned to him and asked, half-seriously, “Is this what your life is now? Just people asking you for tickets?”
Lin-Manuel smiled and gave a thoughtful answer (paraphrased) – “Yes – but I’d much rather this than busking outside the theatre and asking people to come watch the show. I’ve done that too. And this is better.”
Lin-Manuel was (/is) at the top of his craft but was still grounded enough to remember what it was like to be on the other side.
He hadn’t forgotten where he started and that led to this beautiful combination of perspective and gratitude…
It was both lovely and inspiring.
