Lindsay Mendez Quotes
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I learned by watching Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand.
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The first time I didn't get called back at an audition, I cried. My mom told me, 'We're doing this for fun, and if it's not fun anymore, we're not going to do it. So if you ever cry again, we're going to stop.' I never cried from then on, and I kept that lesson for the rest of my life.
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Being called ugly every day is not easy on the psyche.
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I'm a big Broadway fan and a big MGM fan.
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I've always been afraid to do a solo show. When I go to see the great solo shows of Liz Callaway or Christine Ebersole, they have so many incredible stories to talk about, and their material and lives are so rich. I've always worried that my life was not rich enough.
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I'm good friends with Matt Morrison.
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I want to scare myself when I choose what I want to work on.
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I've worked with incredible people that have set amazing examples for me.
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I was born in Southern California in a city called Norwalk. I grew up there until I moved up to New York when I was 18.
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I love my body. I love representing people who aren't stick figures, because people aren't.
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I do think television has really fantasized it to the point where now everyone wants a gay best friend.
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I did 'The Sound of Music.' That was my first musical.
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I teach a lot of young musical theatre actors, and I notice that a lot of them say that they have a harder time connecting the classic repertoire.
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With 'Wicked,' I was stepping into a role that I didn't make so that felt like I had more boundaries then I did with 'Carousel.'
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When I was 12, I played Dorothy in my community theatre production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' and it was very critically hailed by my school paper!
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I've never been a bridesmaid.
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I loved Judy Garland growing up, and I also loved Ella Fitzgerald.
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At 'Wicked,' they are really great about letting you make your own choices with the roles.
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I am not a beauty queen, and I was not the popular girl in high school.
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I have a major love for musical theatre, including a lot of stuff I don't get to do very often.
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'Dogfight' holds a special place in my heart, and I try to sing the songs whenever I can.
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I knew if I were ever to leave 'Godspell,' which I loved so much, it would have to be for something really spectacular.
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I've never been a thin girl. I grew up being - I don't want to say a plus-size girl, but a girl of curves and substance.
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When you are preparing for a role, you have a script to comb through and the writer's help in telling you about the character, and then you can fill in the gaps. When you are doing a cabaret show, it's very personal. You have the opportunity to share parts of yourself with an audience and figure out how you want to connect.