It’s about polarization. You’re trying to stir up something in your audience. Leslie Odom, Jr. Read Quote
I was a good student; I was a good boy. I got A’s, and I did all the papers right. Leslie Odom, Jr. Read Quote
I think I spent most of my childhood, and my early years as a performer, in student mode. And I think that’s OK – I mean, it led me to where I am. Leslie Odom, Jr. Read Quote
I have a great foundation, a great training foundation. But it took me a long time to let the training go. Leslie Odom, Jr. Read Quote
I know what it’s like to be ignored; when I got to L.A., I longed for somebody who looked like me to show me the ropes. Leslie Odom, Jr. Read Quote
That was the bat signal for me – ‘Rent’ changed my life. It took me years before I got beyond that show. Leslie Odom, Jr. Read Quote
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. Read Quote
Until you make a name for yourself, they’re like, ‘Be a little more Denzel,’ ‘Be a little more Wesley Snipes.’ Leslie Odom, Jr. Read Quote
What goes up must come down; I’m not going to be in ‘Hamilton’ forever. Everything I work on won’t have this kind of success. Leslie Odom, Jr. Read Quote
Sometimes I think of creativity or art as this well that we all draw from. Leslie Odom, Jr. Read Quote