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" 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

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Never

Say

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I loved 'The Wizard of Oz,' and I'm a huge Judy Garland fan, too. "

" I think, going into a room for an audition, the best thing you can do is represent who you are specifically as an individual and what you can bring to a creative process in a room - as opposed to being worried about 'where you fit' - because that's really their job to decide where you fit. Your job is to just present the best 'you' you can. "

" I love my body. I love representing people who aren't stick figures, because people aren't. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I loved Judy Garland growing up, and I also loved Ella Fitzgerald. "

Lindsay Mendez

Ella

Growing

" I loved working on 'Dogfight,' but when I first read it and wrapped my head around the story, I was a little horrified. "

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" 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. "

" I have a major love for musical theatre, including a lot of stuff I don't get to do very often. "

" 'Dogfight' holds a special place in my heart, and I try to sing the songs whenever I can. "

" I knew if I were ever to leave 'Godspell,' which I loved so much, it would have to be for something really spectacular. "

" Even though acting is my job, I do this because I love it, and when the love is gone, I'm not going to do it anymore. "

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Lindsay Mendez

Wicked

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" It's nice to be with a male energy as opposed to a female energy. It's very different. "

" '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. "

" I did 'The Sound of Music.' That was my first musical. "

" Being called ugly every day is not easy on the psyche. "

" I have a group of fans who pitched in and named a star after me... So. Cool. "

Lindsay Mendez

Who

Star

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Been

Never