Lea Michele

“I'm simple. I love hiking, going to the gym, doing some simple stuff. I love being outdoors, I love bike riding. Just stuff that's fun!”

“Uniqueness is what makes you the most beautiful.”

“I remember watching Barbra Streisand and seeing Jennifer Grey in 'Dirty Dancing' - these were people who acted like me and looked like me. Now it's great that everyone on 'Glee' is so unique and people can relate to us and look up to us.”

“How many managers told me, 'Get a nose job. You're not pretty enough?' But I proved them wrong.”

“Every now and then, I have blissful moments of thanking God for all the amazing things that are happening. When I leave the White House after just meeting Obama or when I see my face on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' or when I meet someone who tells me that their daughter is inspired by me, those are moments that are incredibly joyful.”

“I worried that people wouldn't like me. Now I try not to worry and focus on being happy.”

“I do have 14 tattoos, but I also do come home every single night and watch reality TV with my cat.”

“Growing up on stage, I was introduced to makeup at a young age and I will never forget the first time I tried on a L'Oreal Paris iconic lipstick - it was instant glamour and I've been hooked ever since.”

“I love myself, the way I look, my body, but sometimes I can't help but feel insecure.”

“I need some me-time. I have to remember to rest, because I have a natural energy and I don't want to burn out.”

“I love to cook so much. I like to cook everything. I really like to eat my food.”

“By showing that you don't have to lose yourself, maybe someone else will feel some sort of comfort.”

“I have loved 'Les Miz' for so long. It was the first Broadway show I'd ever done.”

“I love being healthy. I get a lot of sleep. I'm a girl who eats. And I feel beautiful no matter how I look. I have my family to thank for that.”

“I'm overjoyed and beyond honored to be a part of the L'Oreal Paris family. I'm such a fan of L'Oreal Paris not just for all of their amazing products, but for what they stand for.”

“Working out for me is something I do when I feel like it. But it's really about feeling good and taking care of my body rather than having to fit into any sort of model or anything like that. I try to eat well, and everything I do is really just to make me feel my best so that I can come to my job or my personal life and just feel really good.”

“I've known since day one of working on 'Spring Awakening' - back in 1999 - that it was special.”

“I'm Italian and Spanish and Jewish. I'm 100 different things meshed into one. I think that shows girls that uniqueness is beautiful. They can look at me on a magazine cover and see me in a movie and say that they have someone they can relate to.”

“I am an unconventional beauty. I grew up in a high school where if you didn't have a nose job and money and if you weren't thin, you weren't cool, popular, beautiful. I was always told that I wasn't pretty enough to be on television.”

“When I wasn't working on Broadway, I worked in a Bat Mitzvah dress shop and was the Cinderella of the shop - always cleaning and vacuuming!”