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" I love my body. I love representing people who aren't stick figures, because people aren't. "
Lindsay Mendez
Stick
Who
People
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" 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 think it's important to play real people. "
Lindsay Mendez
Think
Important
People
" I am not a beauty queen, and I was not the popular girl in high school. "
Lindsay Mendez
Girl
School
Queen
" 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
" 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! "
Lindsay Mendez
Paper
Very
School
" I'm good friends with Matt Morrison. "
Lindsay Mendez
Good Friends
Friends
Matt
" I'm a big Broadway fan and a big MGM fan. "
Lindsay Mendez
MGM
Fan
Broadway
" 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
" 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 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. "
Lindsay Mendez
City
New York
New
" 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
Spectacular
Knew
Leave
" I have a group of fans who pitched in and named a star after me... So. Cool. "
Lindsay Mendez
Me
Who
Star
" '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 did 'The Sound of Music.' That was my first musical. "
Lindsay Mendez
Musical
Music
First
" 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. "
Lindsay Mendez
Opportunity
Character
Help
" 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've worked with incredible people that have set amazing examples for me. "
Lindsay Mendez
Set
Amazing
Me
" I loved Judy Garland growing up, and I also loved Ella Fitzgerald. "
Lindsay Mendez
Up
Ella
Growing
" I remember getting notified that I won an award, and I gloated up a storm to my mother, and I was so obnoxious about it, but I said to her, 'Momma, I'm going to enjoy every moment of this because tomorrow, something bad is going to happen.' "
Lindsay Mendez
Mother
Storm
Enjoy
" 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
" Getting an agent is hard, and I also think people rush to get an agent too soon. "
Lindsay Mendez
Get
Think
Soon
" 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
" At 'Wicked,' they are really great about letting you make your own choices with the roles. "
Lindsay Mendez
Your
Choices
Great
" 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'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 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 feel like I do my best work under fear of being fired. "
Lindsay Mendez
Fear
Best
Feel
" 'Dogfight' holds a special place in my heart, and I try to sing the songs whenever I can. "
Lindsay Mendez
Try
Heart
I Can
" 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 don't look like a chorus girl. "
Lindsay Mendez
Look
Like
Girl