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" Judy Garland, Doris Day, and Gene Kelly were all big influences growing up from all of the films. I'm also a huge folk music fan - Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan have influenced a lot of how music can inspire change in our world. "

Lindsay Mendez

World

Change

Day

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" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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

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

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

" Gay men are still men. "

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

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

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

" At 'Wicked,' they are really great about letting you make your own choices with the roles. "

" I'm a big Broadway fan and a big MGM fan. "

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

Lindsay Mendez

Look

Girl

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

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

" I've never been a bridesmaid. "

Lindsay Mendez

Been

Never

" 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 am not a beauty queen, and I was not the popular girl in high school. "

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

Lindsay Mendez

Who

Star

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

Lindsay Mendez

Ella

Growing