Idina Menzel: (About Defying Gravity) This song changed my life!
Idina Menzel: London was such an amazing experience. I couldn't have asked for a better way to make my west end debut than with that show. The cast was fantastic and they quickly became my second family-I miss them a lot.
Idina Menzel: I'm a big baby when it comes to snakes and mice... and roaches!!!
Idina Menzel: (About what intimidates her) Really brainy people. I tend to get a little quiet, not wanting to say something stupid.
Idina Menzel: (When asked what her favorite gift from a fan is) That's too difficult a question. I am in awe of the generosity and love sent my way. I have received a countless amount of cards and pictures and creative gifts. I do adore the really young kids that write their own cards in green crayon. I framed a particular drawing that said "Dear Elphaba, I thought it was sad that you thought you weren't pretty because I think you're beautiful". I keep that in my dressing room.
Idina Menzel: (When asked her favorite thing to do in NYC when she has free time) Go to the theater.
Idina Menzel: I have that syndrome of thinking I have to pee when I really don't. That's annoying.
Idina Menzel: (About her biggest pet peeves) When people screw up and they don't admit they are wrong.
Idina Menzel: (About her pets) I'm like a proud mother and cannot choose between my children. I will say, the cats are not happy about the dog taking over the apatment. And I spent all of last night cleaning up dog poop on the bathroom floor. Apparently he ate something weird in the park.
Idina Menzel: I loved performing "Life of the Party". Kate was so irreverent. I love jazz influenced music.
Idina Menzel: I love The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. All the women in her books are forces of nature.
Idina Menzel: I can't wait to get back to Broadway. I'm focusing on the album for the next few months but as soon as I find something I'm passionate about I am right there.
Idina Menzel: I'm a decent tennis player. Good Backhand.
Idina Menzel: I would like to get another job in London or tour there. I miss my friends.
Idina Menzel: (About her first time at stage door) The entire RENT experience was so overwhelming that I don't remember that. It was a very emotional time.
Idina Menzel: I would love to work with Matt Damon.
Idina Menzel: (About doing pop on her upcoming album) POP just means, not show tunes. Of course I have nothing against those, but I'm just trying to explore a different side of myself.
Idina Menzel: Of course I get imtimidated but so far I've worked with actors that have gone out of their way to make me feel comfortable, and you would be surprised at how much respect they have for us Broadway people. They usually sing my songs back to me and want to act out scenes from shows I've been in.
Idina Menzel: (About three things she always has in her refrigerator) I don't have three things. I order out constantly and I can't cook!
Idina Menzel: I love so many of my costumes and feel very fortunate to have worked with some incredibly talented designers. Some of my favorites are the Act 2 Elphaba dress with all the layers. There are these little cotton threads that resemble cobwebs in the skirt. I don't know if anyone can see them but I love the detail. I also loved my Wild Party costume. And... oh yeah I loved Maureen's black vinyl stretch pants too!
Idina Menzel: I'm a really bad rapper, but I really love to do it.
Idina Menzel: (About Taye) He's the kind of guy that becomes friends with the girl first, and snuggles, and then gets you to answer all his questions about ex-boyfriends, so when you're finally married, you want to kill yourself for telling him all your private stuff.
Idina Menzel: (About her wedding to Taye Diggs) Our wedding was on the beach in Jamaica, and it was supposed to rain but never did. The sky was blue and just unbelievably passionate-looking.
Idina Menzel: (About doing the movie Rent versus Broadway Rent) We had a sense of like performing for the crew, 'cause the crew loved it, they loved hearing the music blasting.
Idina Menzel: (on the craze surrounding RENT) It's hard to absorb and to allow all that attention and accolades for Rent because the rest of the country doesn't know who we are. Once I walk out of the door of Rent, and I'm on the subway, it doesn't matter. It's an exaggerated sense of fame.
Idina Menzel: I just want to keep working and keep growing.
Idina Menzel: (About the translation of RENT from stage to screen) Chris Columbus is so passionate about it and by hiring us, and by having Jonathan Larson's family around, he's kept the integrity of the work. And with the film, there's a lot more you can do with a look or a glance that would have gotten lost of stage. I never thought that when this movie got made we would be in it, just because its Hollywood - they don’t hire unknowns.
Idina Menzel: With rock music, you can't just mouth the words. You want to see veins bulging and spit flying.
Idina Menzel: I'm not really comfortable living in L.A. I'm prideful about living in New York. A lot of the successes I've had have happened here.
Idina Menzel: Making RENT was such a great experience. We documented this thing that had changed us all. And making movies is fun. But I'll always do theatre; it's what's embraced me. I love everything about it.
Idina Menzel: (About her character Maureen in RENT) Maureen originally lived in Connecticut, but once they met me, they decided she was from Long Island! There's a part of me that will always be in the character.
Idina Menzel: There's something so glorious about filming a musical - every day we'd come it and it would be balls-to-the-walls, singing your guts out. There was a great energy.
Idina Menzel: The music business is the hardest and most cut-throat of all, so I'm just trying to enjoy the process and looking forward to working with some of the best song writers and producers.
Idina Menzel: At first you take the work you can get, but now I feel like I have the choice, it shouldn't be taken lightly. I'm appreciating the responsibility I have in helping people honor their individuality and play the underdog.
Idina Menzel: (About being in Ask The Dust) It was my first big movie experience, so for it to be a Robert Towne movie and then find out Colin Farrell was the one opposite me in all my scenes was just so exciting.
Idina was set to appear in a 10-day limited run of Romantic Poetry, but has now cancelled. When asked why, her managers responded this: "Basically, her album which is now coming out sooner than expected, the album really needs her a lot this summer (back and fourth to LA, etc) so sadly she had to step back from the project. It was unfortunate because she loves jon patrick shanley and the piece and loved doing the benefit a couple weeks ago."
Idina's single, Defying Gravity, is available on iTunes.
Idina is set to appear in Romantic Poetry: The Musicale on May 21st. It's a one-night-only charity benefit at The Lucille Lortel Theatre.
Idina usually orders food out because she can't cook.
If Idina was stranded on a desert island with the essentials and she could have one extra item of her choosing she would bring sunblock spf 50.
Hampstead Heath is Idina's favorite park in London.
Idina's biggest pet peeve is when people screw up but don't admit that they're wrong.
Idina loves that she has fan sites but doesn't read things off the internet because people post a lot of really brutal things.
Idina was attracted to See What I Wanna See because it was a Michael John LaChiusa piece.
Idina does Bikram yoga.
Idina is afraid of snakes, mice, and roaches.
In 1998 for the release of her first solo album, Still I Can't Be Still, her fans started "Operation: Diva Strike" to promote her. They made posters and flyers and bombarded MTV and VH1 with requests for her music video, Minuet.
Idina's favorite color was formerly green, but after performing as Elphaba in Wicked, she can't wear it without people thinking she's embodying Elphaba. She now likes deep purple.
Idina's nickname is "Dee".
Idina's parents got a divorce when she was only 15 years old.
Idina recieved a BFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1993.
The term "Tidina" refers to Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel as a couple and was coined by RENTheads (aka hardcore Rent fans) in 1996.
Idina broke a rib on her left side by falling through a trap door during what was supposed to be her third-to-last production of Wicked at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway [January 8, 2005].
Idina is a graduate of Syosset High School.
Idina has a younger sister named Cara.
Idina filmed the movie Enchanted in 2006.
Theatre Productions:Wicked (London Production) - Elphaba ThroppSee What I Wanna See - Kesa/The Wife (Lily)/The Actress (Deanna)Wicked - Elphaba ThroppThe Vagina Monologues - PreformerHair - SheilaAida - Princess AmnerisSummer of '42 - DorothyThe Wild Party - KateRENT - Maureen Johnson
TV Credits:The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson - HerselfThe View (10/29/2004, 11/25/2005) - Herself Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (11/21/2005) - Herself Today (11/12/2003, 8/4/2005, 11/16/2005) - HerselfLive With Regis and Kelly (10/13/2005) - Herself The 59th Annual Tony Awards - HerselfBroadway: The American Musical - HerselfKevin Hill (Losing Isn't Everything, Sacrificial Lambs) - Francine PrescottBroadway on Broadway - HerlselfRecuse Me (Sanctuary) - CarolThe 58th Annual Tony Awards - HerselfMacy Thanksgiving Day Parade 2003 - HerselfLate Late Show With David Lettermen (11/18/2003) - HerselfDisney's Hercules (Hercules and the Song of Circe) - CirceThe 51st Annual Tony Awards - HerselfThe Rosie O'Donnell Show (6/21/1996) - Herself
Idina is Jewish. She never had a bat mitzvah, and says she isn't really religious.
On Taye and Idina's first date, they saw the movie Twister
Her favorite ice-cream flavor is rocky road.
Idina Menzel is left-handed.
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