Lea Michele
I'm Italian and we curse a lot when we talk.
I'm a vegan. It makes me feel really good and bright.
I really felt like I finally made it. Having your first fake pregnancy rumor. It was really awesome. I feel like it's part of what happens in this business, but that's a real one. That's a cool one to get.
When I was on Broadway, my most recent Broadway show was 'Spring Awakening,' and every night I did a topless scene.
I have such a passion because I adore animals so much.
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.
Los Angeles has been good to me.
New York is who I am.
I love myself, the way I look, my body, but sometimes I can't help but feel insecure.
Uniqueness is what makes you the most beautiful.Collection: Beautiful
If you believe in yourself you can make yourself whatever you want to be.Collection: Believe
Confidence is what makes you stand out.Collection: Standing Out
In life, when you are faced with an unfortunate circumstance, there’s no book, there’s no guide, there’s no right answer on how to get to the other side. You just sort of wake up one day and you have two paths in front of you, one where you go up and one where you can fall, and choosing the path to rise is most certainly not the easy path but it’s the brave one.Collection: Book
I love my onscreen frenemy, Dianna Agron! Having the opportunity to work so closely with her has been amazing.Collection: Opportunity
You don't need to look like everybody else. Love who you are.Collection: Beauty
Find something you’re passionate about and you know, do something.Collection: Passionate
Talent doesn't appear over night. It takes a lot of work and honing your craft, but also don't give up because people may say you're not good enough. I had so many teachers in high school and college saying "You're not going to make it. You're not. You can't." Luckily I had enough people around me who said I could.Collection: Teacher
I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.Collection: Girl
Nobody should be entirely defined by one thingCollection: Should
I'm a relationship girl. I would rather be long-distance than not have a relationship at all.Collection: Girl
By showing that you don't have to lose yourself, maybe someone else will feel some sort of comfort.Collection: Comfort
We live in a world of self-deprecation, and while it’s healthy to make fun of ourselves from time to time, it bothers me when I see women of all ages belittling their accomplishments because they don’t want to appear boastful or overconfident. You don’t see a lot of guys out there underplaying their strengths or making light of what they’re good at, so why should women? While I get that there’s a fine line between owning your accomplishments and reciting every line of your résumé, there is absolutely no shame in being proud of what you’ve managed to achieve! Own it!Collection: Fun
But people are going to say what they want to say. I know who I am, and I'm not perfect.Collection: Who I Am
I don't see anyone as being different than anyone else, whether you're gay or straight or whatever - everyone's the same. That's how I was raised.Collection: Gay
How many managers told me, 'Get a nose job. You're not pretty enough'? But I proved them wrong.Collection: Jobs
Whether it be current or past, every single song that I recorded is about me. It's a peek into my life, past and present. Maybe it's coming from my theater and performance background, but nothing felt right unless I could relate to it.Collection: Song
A lighthouse doesn't save the ships; it doesn't go out and rescue them, it's just this pillar that helps to guide people home.Collection: Home
If anything’s going on in our lives, we have each other. One time, I was having a bad day, and I called Chris Colfer. He came over with a pint of ice cream and Madea Goes to Jail, and it was, like, the best night of my life.Collection: Bad Day
I was one of the only girls in my high school that didn't get [a nose job]. And if anybody needed it, I probably did... I'm proud to be on a positive show and to be a voice for girls and say, 'You don't need to look like everybody else. Love who you are.'Collection: Girl
I like it when a movie scares the s - t out of me. That, for me, is just the best.Collection: Scare
I love horses so much. Horses are my life.Collection: Horse
It is important to have someone that supports you and encourage you, someone that makes you feel that you are unstoppable, that you can do anything in the world because you have him.Collection: Support You
I'm dating my celebrity crush!Collection: Crush
I'm such a fan of Idina Menzel! I think she's made a wonderful career in this business. I love her so much, and any role she's played, I'd love to be able to follow in her footsteps.Collection: Thinking
The only crush I have is on Chris Colfer. I’m madly in love with him… I just, like, I doodle in my prop notebooks, ‘I heart Chris Colfer’ over and over and over again.Collection: Notebook
I'm very comfortable with my own body. I come from Broadway — everybody's naked on Broadway. I like to think of myself as more granola. I'm not going to run around naked or anything like that unless I'm at my own home. Today, I walked into my backyard and was standing out there naked for a while. Don't tell: my neighbors will freak out!Collection: Running
I've known since day one of working on Spring Awakening - back in 1999 - that it was special.Collection: Spring
Grief is a very scary thing, and there comes a point where it can really take you down.Collection: Grief
The one thing I find the least romantic is taking a horse and carriage ride. I can't express enough how unhappy these horses are and how much pain and suffering they go through each day. Please do not ride [in horse-drawn carriages]. Take a beautiful walk together with your loved ones instead of bringing more pain to these beautiful animals.Collection: Beautiful
Glee has made me feel beautiful.Collection: Beautiful
I don’t look like a lot of other people, you know what I mean? I look like I’m 12.Collection: Mean
It's so important, so comforting, to have lampposts in this world who can light the way.Collection: Light
I know this is going to sound really cheesy, but I have the coolest dad in the entire world. My dad is hilarious. He’s also strong, smart and makes me feel like he’s going to take care of everything. I think those are the qualities I look for in a boyfriend.Collection: Strong
I've always been inspired by female performers and artists who really surround who they are around their voice. For me, it's always been about the voice. I wanna hear someone just sit by a piano, on a stool, and just sing - and that's it!Collection: Artist
I'd love to be able to play all different roles, whether it's Maureen in Rent or Maria in West Side Story. I would just love to be involved in this business forever.Collection: Play
I think I’m his biggest fan. Like, I’m really sorry everybody out there but you have a tough time beating me. I’m like the number one Chris Colfer fan club.Collection: Sorry
When I was a little kid, my mother and I used to watch the Golden Globes and I would dress up and she would get sparkling apple cider and we would make a tray of hors doeuvres and watch it together. And I would get up and make a pretend speech.Collection: Mother
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!Collection: Bats
I've never wanted to be anything other than an actor. I started performing on Broadway when I was 8 years old. My first night on stage, I told my mom, "This is what I want to do. I was always a very out-there kid. The sad thing about acting business is it's so fleeting. If I couldn't do that, I was going to go to school and study law and become a lawyer. But I probably would have been miserable, or they would have had some very theatrical court sessions.Collection: Mom