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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.
Lindsay Mendez
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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.
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I knew if I were ever to leave 'Godspell,' which I loved so much, it would have to be for something really spectacular.
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My parents were big movie-musical fans. And I thought 'Grease' was different from the usual MGM musical. I was intrigued and fell in love with it.
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I'm a Mexican girl from California, and I never grew up thinking I could be in a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. I didn't really see myself in that. Not that I didn't grow up loving Rodgers and Hammerstein, but I don't know - I just never put myself there.
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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.
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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.'
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I loved working on 'Dogfight,' but when I first read it and wrapped my head around the story, I was a little horrified.
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I want to scare myself when I choose what I want to work on.
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I feel like I do my best work under fear of being fired.
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I learned by watching Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand.
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People learn from their mistakes and move forward.
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