Quotes from Lindsay Mendez

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

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

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

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

I don't look like a chorus girl.

I learned by watching Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.'

'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.

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

Gay men are still men.

I'm good friends with Matt Morrison.

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

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!

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.

I think it's important to play real people.

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

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.