Trivia Tuesday: Lea Michele

Since there are 64 days until Glee returns, and we are all in various stages of withdrawal, I thought it might be fun to do a series on fun trivia bites about each cast member.  First up, Lea Michele!

Three of Lea's favorite clothing stores are Betsey Johnson, Intermix, and Barney's.

When Lea was rooming with Dianna Agron, they mothered a pair of adorable cats, Claude and Sheila.  When Lea moved out on her own, she got custody of the kitties, although "Dianna exercises visitation rights regularly," Lea is quoted as saying.

While in high school, Lea spent her downtime from Broadway working in a Bat Mitzvah dress shop, cleaning and vaccuming.

"One year for Mother's Day I got me and my mom tickets to go see Alanis Morissette. We both love her sooo much and we had the best time at her show. This year, I'm trying my hardest to somehow get Oprah over to Spring Awakening to see the show and introduce her to my mom. If I could pull that off, then all of my mother's dreams would come true."  Lea Michele, when starring in Spring Awakening.

Lea has seven known tattoos...
...one is of the butterfly that is on the wall of the Eugene O'Neill Theater on her foot, and the other is "I Believe" on her wrist. On her left shoulder, she has 2 musical notes. She also has gotten two more which are inspired by Glee: a gold star on her right wrist and an "Imagine" tattoo on her other foot. In addition, she has two additional tattoos which are unknown. One on her hip and another on left side of her torso.

She considers her favorite celebrity to be Angelina Jolie.

Three of her favorite foods are lime Tostitos, cookies, and chips

On her first audition for Spring Awakening, Lea first sang a musical theater song and the producers asked her to sing a pop song instead, so she sang Britney Spears and landed the role

"You know, you have great shows on TV that I love and watch like Gossip Girl and 90210 that serve their purpose, but this is a show for the majority of what kids actually look like in high school, you know, not everybody looks like Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen. I'd like to, but, you know, I don't. This is for the normal high school student who doesn't live on Park Avenue."  Lea Michele, on Glee.

"I love Adam Lambert. I wanna sing with him so badly. I mean, if they don't let me on the show, just in life, I wanna sing with him so badly. He's just such an incredible vocal performer, and I'm such a huge fan. It's like, I feel like I would be getting to work out at the gym with, like, the best trainer in the world. You wanna work out with someone who's ripped and, you know, is gonna train you well. That's what I think about when I think of Adam Lambert. And I just think he's awesome. So, I'm just putting that out there."  Lea Michele, on one of her idols (pardon the pun).

Who would you like to learn about next??

Trivia and quotes courtesy of various sources.