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 Christine Ebersole, they have so many incredible stories to talk about, and their material and lives are so rich. I've always worried that my life was not rich enough.”

“I learned by watching Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand.”

“I do think television has really fantasized it to the point where now everyone wants a gay best friend.”

“I'm good friends with Matt Morrison.”

“Gay men are still men.”

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

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

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

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

“When you are preparing for a role, you have a script to comb through and the writer's help in telling you about the character, and then you can fill in the gaps. When you are doing a cabaret show, it's very personal. You have the opportunity to share parts of yourself with an audience and figure out how you want to connect.”

“When you hear you're going to audition for 'Dogfight,' the show about bringing ugly women to parties, you're like, 'Oh, great, thank you.' Then you read lines where people call you fat, and you call yourself fat or ugly, and it can wear on you. But that's also our dream as actors, to play someone else and give someone else a voice.”