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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. "
Lindsay Mendez
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Knew
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" When you hear you're going to audition for 'Dogfight,' the show about bringing ugly women to parties, you're like, 'Oh, great, thank you.' Then you read lines where people call you fat, and you call yourself fat or ugly, and it can wear on you. But that's also our dream as actors, to play someone else and give someone else a voice. "
Lindsay Mendez
Women
People
Yourself
" Being called ugly every day is not easy on the psyche. "
Lindsay Mendez
Day
Every
Ugly
" I've always had a big voice, but I'm very aware of when you need to belt or go all out like that - when it's necessary and plot driven - as opposed to just screaming to scream, which I hate. "
Lindsay Mendez
Driven
Hate
Need
" I have a group of fans who pitched in and named a star after me... So. Cool. "
Lindsay Mendez
Me
Who
Star
" I'm a Mexican girl from California, and I never grew up thinking I could be in a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. I didn't really see myself in that. Not that I didn't grow up loving Rodgers and Hammerstein, but I don't know - I just never put myself there. "
Lindsay Mendez
Loving
Thinking
Myself
" I think it's important to play real people. "
Lindsay Mendez
Think
Important
People
" My parents were big movie-musical fans. And I thought 'Grease' was different from the usual MGM musical. I was intrigued and fell in love with it. "
Lindsay Mendez
Thought
Love
Fans
" There was so much emotional response to 'Dogfight.' You just heard the audience: They were so horrified. They were sobbing. They were joyful at times. "
Lindsay Mendez
Emotional
Joyful
Just
" I learned by watching Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand. "
Lindsay Mendez
Learned
Watching
Judy
" I loved working on 'Dogfight,' but when I first read it and wrapped my head around the story, I was a little horrified. "
Lindsay Mendez
First
Working
Story
" I do think television has really fantasized it to the point where now everyone wants a gay best friend. "
Lindsay Mendez
Gay
Friend
Best Friend
" I'm a big Broadway fan and a big MGM fan. "
Lindsay Mendez
MGM
Fan
Broadway
" 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. "
Lindsay Mendez
Fun
Time
My Life
" 'Dogfight' is my favorite thing I've ever worked on. It's such a special piece, and I'm so close to the character of Rose. I loved doing it every night. "
Lindsay Mendez
Rose
Character
Night
" At 'Wicked,' they are really great about letting you make your own choices with the roles. "
Lindsay Mendez
Your
Choices
Great
" Gay men are still men. "
Lindsay Mendez
Gay
Still
Men
" 'Dogfight' was everything wonderful and terrifying about a show, and I feel it 1,000% gave me the knowledge and the confidence that I could do this. I can step up and be present enough to command scenes with amazing actors. "
Lindsay Mendez
Confidence
Me
Amazing
" 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. "
Lindsay Mendez
Rich
Talk
My Life
" I have a big persona onstage sometimes, but offstage, I'm super shy. Like, I don't want to perform for people - I'd rather die than sing in a room for someone. "
Lindsay Mendez
People
Shy
Sometimes
" 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.' "
Lindsay Mendez
Like
More
Wicked
" I think I'm the person who keeps friends from hitting 'send.' I've definitely helped people go through emails before sending them. I'm a good proofreader. "
Lindsay Mendez
Go
Friends
Good
" I am not a beauty queen, and I was not the popular girl in high school. "
Lindsay Mendez
Girl
School
Queen
" I have a major love for musical theatre, including a lot of stuff I don't get to do very often. "
Lindsay Mendez
Love
Get
Theatre
" I've worked with incredible people that have set amazing examples for me. "
Lindsay Mendez
Set
Amazing
Me
" I feel like I do my best work under fear of being fired. "
Lindsay Mendez
Fear
Best
Feel
" It's been a huge honor to collaborate and create new theatre with new writers and to create theatre that will last after my lifetime. It's been in the most truthful way possible. It's my favorite thing to do. "
Lindsay Mendez
Create
Theatre
Possible
" I'm good friends with Matt Morrison. "
Lindsay Mendez
Good Friends
Friends
Matt
" Getting an agent is hard, and I also think people rush to get an agent too soon. "
Lindsay Mendez
Get
Think
Soon
" 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. "
Lindsay Mendez
Never
Say
Up
" It's nice to be with a male energy as opposed to a female energy. It's very different. "
Lindsay Mendez
Energy
Female
Nice