Lindsay Mendez

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

— Lindsay Mendez

I learned by watching Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand.

— Lindsay Mendez

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

— Lindsay Mendez

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

— Lindsay Mendez

People learn from their mistakes and move forward.

— Lindsay Mendez

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

— Lindsay Mendez

I've always been afraid to do a solo show. When I go to see the great solo shows of Liz Callaway or…

— Lindsay Mendez

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

— Lindsay Mendez

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

— Lindsay Mendez

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

— Lindsay Mendez

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

— Lindsay Mendez

I think it's important to play real people.

— Lindsay Mendez

It's been a huge honor to collaborate and create new theatre with new writers and to create theatre that will last after…

— Lindsay Mendez

When you are preparing for a role, you have a script to comb through and the writer's help in telling you about…

— Lindsay Mendez

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

— Lindsay Mendez

'Dogfight' was everything wonderful and terrifying about a show, and I feel it 1,000% gave me the knowledge and the confidence that…

— Lindsay Mendez

I was born in Southern California in a city called Norwalk. I grew up there until I moved up to New York…

— Lindsay Mendez

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

— Lindsay Mendez

I have a big persona onstage sometimes, but offstage, I'm super shy. Like, I don't want to perform for people - I'd…

— Lindsay Mendez

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

— Lindsay Mendez

I loved working on 'Dogfight,' but when I first read it and wrapped my head around the story, I was a little…

— Lindsay Mendez

When you hear you're going to audition for 'Dogfight,' the show about bringing ugly women to parties, you're like, 'Oh, great, thank…

— Lindsay Mendez

Judy Garland, Doris Day, and Gene Kelly were all big influences growing up from all of the films. I'm also a huge…

— Lindsay Mendez

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

— Lindsay Mendez

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

— Lindsay Mendez