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" I think people feel completely stunted without an agent, but there's a lot of auditions to be had without one and a lot to be learned before you take an agent on. "

Lindsay Mendez

Think

Without

You

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" I've never been a bridesmaid. "

Lindsay Mendez

Been

Never

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

" 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. "

" 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 do think television has really fantasized it to the point where now everyone wants a gay best friend. "

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

" 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! "

" 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. "

" I feel like I do my best work under fear of being fired. "

" 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. "

" 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

Wicked

" Getting an agent is hard, and I also think people rush to get an agent too 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

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

Lindsay Mendez

Who

Star

" Gay men are still men. "

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

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

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

" '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

Amazing

" I want to scare myself when I choose what I want to work on. "

" 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

Friends

Good

" I'm good friends with Matt Morrison. "

" People learn from their mistakes and move forward. "

" I learned by watching Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand. "

" I've worked with incredible people that have set amazing examples for me. "

Lindsay Mendez

Set

Amazing

" 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. "

" I don't look like a chorus girl. "

Lindsay Mendez

Look

Girl