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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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" 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

" 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'm good friends with Matt Morrison. "

" 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 think it's important to play real people. "

" Gay men are still men. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Lindsay Mendez

Set

Amazing

" 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. "

" People learn from their mistakes and move forward. "

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

Lindsay Mendez

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Girl

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

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

Lindsay Mendez

Ella

Growing

" I started taking voice when I was six and dance classes every day - I just couldn't get enough. "

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

" 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.' "

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

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

" 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. "

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

Lindsay Mendez

Who

Star

" 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

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