I started taking voice when I was six and dance classes every day – I just couldn’t get enough. Lindsay Mendez Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Lindsay Mendez Read Quote
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. Lindsay Mendez Read Quote
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. Lindsay Mendez Read Quote
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. Lindsay Mendez Read Quote
I loved working on ‘Dogfight,’ but when I first read it and wrapped my head around the story, I was a little horrified. Lindsay Mendez Read Quote
I knew if I were ever to leave ‘Godspell,’ which I loved so much, it would have to be for something really spectacular. Lindsay Mendez Read Quote
