Idina Menzel
Idina Menzel
Idina Kim Menzel is an American actress and singer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth30 May 1971
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
what-you-love happens things-happen
When you sit back and you just do what you love, things happen
reason happens-for-a-reason happens
Things happen for a reason, and in their own time.
nerves alive overconfident
Nerves are good. They keep you alive.
follow-me
Not like [Adele Dazeems] going to follow me around for the rest of my life.
olaf frozen cold
The cold never bothered me anyway.
leave love stage
I will never leave the theater. My heart is there, and I love being on stage 8 times a week.
following people
Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.
funny love needs played version women
I would love to play 'Funny Girl' or 'Evita,' but I idolize the women who have played those parts. I don't know if there needs to be another version of those shows.
absorb accolades allow country hard rest
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.
coming finding harnessing learning power strength
For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer. And 'Wicked' was about harnessing all that strength.
studied
Growing up I studied classically and did lots of shows in school.
ability awe brilliant degree earn great juggle kids raising single sister teacher younger
My younger sister had kids before I did, and managed to earn a master's degree while raising them as a single parent. Now she's a brilliant second-grade teacher. I'm in awe of her ability to juggle everything and still be a great mother.
constantly discovery figure guess life ok people search trying work
I'm constantly trying to work on the person that I am and work on my shortcomings, and I guess I want people to know that it's ok to be a work in progress, as long as you keep trying to figure it out. But that search and that discovery is what makes life kind of rich, and it's what makes life rich... period.
balance good life power struggle
There has to be a balance between power and vulnerability. That's something I feel I have in my own life, something I struggle with and - on a good day - like about myself.