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" The most successful people are so original. "
Idina Menzel
Most
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Successful
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" As a mom, I don't have much time for beauty. "
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Much
Time
" I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know? "
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Preparation
Good
" My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can. "
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Time
Now
" I started singing weddings and bar mitzvahs at 15, lying about my age. It was a great discipline. "
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Lying
" I feel like I was born to do this... I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things like that in high school, while everyone else was having keg parties. I just felt destined to do it and really committed and driven; it was something that just felt right all my life. "
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Feel
My Life
Life
" They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me. "
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Fun
Know
" As much as I appreciate people putting me in the category of these very acrobatic belters, I feel like my strength is my... interpretation and my truthfulness with songs, and I don't want young people to think it's all about the high notes that they have to hit. "
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Me
" Along with enough sleep and taking proper supplements, I steam - in my steam shower. I find it's very healing, more than just your typical 'tea and honey.' "
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Sleep
Honey
Healing
" I think I hid my singing talent from a lot of my friends at school because I didn't want to alienate anyone. If everyone was singing along in the car to a Madonna song, I didn't join in because when we're younger we're afraid of sticking out or showing off, when in fact we should own those things that make us really unique. "
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Think
Singing
School
" I've been singing since I was born. It's something I do everywhere I go. In the shower, walking down the street. I don't need any impetus to do it. I just sing. "
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Born
Street
Walking
" Being a role model is about being true to myself. "
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Role Model
Model
Myself
" I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand. "
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Good
Decent
Tennis Player
" 'Frozen' definitely isn't about a man, but about the relationship between two sisters. At different times in our lives we find ourselves either more connected to or disconnected from the people in our family, and I think audiences will really be able to relate to that. "
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Relationship
Think
Man
" After 'Rent,' I tried to make a record, and it didn't work out, and it was the Broadway community that welcomed me back. It's where I feel the most understood, most at home. "
Idina Menzel
Feel
Work
Me
" I'm smart enough to know to work with smart people. "
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Know
Work
Smart
" That's what I love about songwriting - that you can write something about your own experiences and think it's completely specific to you, and then people can take away a completely different meaning for themselves. I really love that. I think you've been successful at writing a song when it has a larger life than yourself. "
Idina Menzel
Life
Writing
Love
" Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems. "
Idina Menzel
Stand
Always
Group
" I think as women, the smarter and more powerful we are, the more it can be threatening and alienating to other people, more than with men. That's something we need to support each other with. "
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Support
People
Men
" Growing up I studied classically and did lots of shows in school. "
Idina Menzel
School
Growing Up
Growing
" The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older. "
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Women
Theatre
Cool
" I'm a mom - I'm lucky if I get to shower in the morning. Luckily, nail polish stays on my toes. I've been so bad on the upkeep, though. "
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Shower
Bad
Mom
" It's hard to absorb and to allow all that attention and accolades for 'Rent' because the rest of the country doesn't know who we are. Once I walk out of the door of 'Rent,' and I'm on the subway, it doesn't matter. It's an exaggerated sense of fame. "
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Walk
Attention
Door
" I'm not great at multi-tasking, so when I do one thing... I like to do it 100%. "
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One Thing
Like
Great
" I would love to work with Matt Damon. "
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Love
Matt
Matt Damon
" I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the name of the song. "
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Performance
Song
Forget
" There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person. "
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More
Lots
" 'Rent,' for me, was a significant time in my life because it was my first break. It was my first professional job. I also met my husband in that cast, Taye Diggs. "
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Life
Time
My Life
" My favorite thing of all time is a New York City weekend when there's a blizzard. Everything gets really quiet, and everyone goes to the movies and the park. "
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Time
New York
Movies
" I would like to get another job in London or tour there. I miss my friends. "
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Like
" I don't quite know how to put it into words, but I feel for the audience that I have; I know them. "
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