The one who tried too hard, the outsider, the oddball. Yeah, that was me. — Idina Menzel Hard Copy Share Image
I like to originate new roles and characters for musical theater. — Idina Menzel Characters Copy Share Image
I find that, maybe because I'm also a singer, I hear music in characters all the time, even if they don't sing.… — Idina Menzel Character Copy Share Image
It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small, and the fears that once controlled me can't get to me at all. — Idina Menzel Controlled Copy Share Image
I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just… — Idina Menzel Alleviate Copy Share Image
I'm trying to focus on original material. That is what I've had my luck with. — Idina Menzel Focus Copy Share Image
My story is so boring: Long Island Jewish parents take their daughters to Broadway. — Idina Menzel Boring Copy Share Image
It's the face and the body and the thing that we hide inside that can keep us from the world, but my… — Idina Menzel Body Copy Share Image
For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as… — Idina Menzel About Copy Share Image
I pretty much have no life outside of the theatre. I go home every night, and I put the TV on, and… — Idina Menzel Every Copy Share Image
My younger sister had kids before I did, and managed to earn a master's degree while raising them as a single parent.… — Idina Menzel Ability Copy Share Image
Believe me, I don't take that lightly. To have struck gold twice with 'Rent' and 'Wicked.' I know it's rare and I'm… — Idina Menzel Audiences Copy Share Image
I have a wide spectrum, a wide demographic. I have the young girls, I have the gay community, I have many regular… — Idina Menzel Community Copy Share Image
As much as I appreciate people putting me in the category of these very acrobatic belters, I feel like my strength is… — Idina Menzel About Copy Share Image
I think as women, the smarter and more powerful we are, the more it can be threatening and alienating to other people,… — Idina Menzel Each Copy Share Image
The more success you get, you start to be harder on yourself or more afraid of the looking glass. You have to… — Idina Menzel Afraid Copy Share Image
I always like to sing barefoot, but when I first started doing these dates with the symphonies, I of course thought I… — Idina Menzel Act Copy Share Image
I sing in many different colors and, hopefully, they add up to a great performance that, after you leave the theater, makes… — Idina Menzel Add Copy Share Image
When I lived in London when I did 'Wicked' there, everyone told me the audiences might be much more reserved, but I… — Idina Menzel Audiences Copy Share Image
Performing live on stage is such a community, whether it's my musicians or a cast of a show that I'm in. And… — Idina Menzel Appreciate Copy Share Image
I think I hid my singing talent from a lot of my friends at school because I didn't want to alienate anyone.… — Idina Menzel Afraid Copy Share Image
I feel like I was born to do this... I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things… — Idina Menzel Born Copy Share Image
That experience with 'Rent' went by so fast. I was younger. I didn't even really know what opening night was. And now… — Idina Menzel Actor Copy Share Image
The snow glows white on the mountain tonight Not a footprint to be seen A kingdom of isolation, And it looks like… — Idina Menzel Snow Copy Share Image
That's what I love about songwriting - that you can write something about your own experiences and think it's completely specific to… — Idina Menzel About Copy Share Image
Not like [Adele Dazeems] going to follow me around for the rest of my life. — Idina Menzel Follow Copy Share Image
It's been a dream of mine to run my own summer camp. I went to one as a kid, and I put… — Idina Menzel Been Copy Share Image
I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer. — Idina Menzel Ever Copy Share Image
I will never leave the theater. My heart is there and I love being on stage eight times a week. — Idina Menzel Eight Copy Share Image
For singers, I believe we can sing in a lot of keys. I know I have this big range, but the point… — Idina Menzel Believe Copy Share Image
Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems. — Idina Menzel About Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks it's going to be so glamorous, so cool, you're on 'Glee,' you know, a hit show or whatever. — Idina Menzel Cool Copy Share Image
The intensity of being in front of all these incredible musicians and tremendous conductors in these elaborate halls can be overwhelming. — Idina Menzel Conductor Copy Share Image