They say: what other people say about Lea

She fires on all cylinders, she's a great actress and a wonderful singer and performer. This role is tailor made for her and we are thrilled to have her.

"She has the voice of God.Someone asked me what I liked about working on Glee - I get to hear Lea Michele sing - a lot ."

" New Directions doesn't work without Rachel Berry and "Glee" wouldn't work without Lea Michele. The actress not only wows me every week with her vocal prowess, but she often destroys me emotionally with her spot-on portrayal of an all-too driven diva who will stop at nothing to succeed"

"Rachel Berry, the teenaged would-be drama queen at the center of Fox's song-and-dance series Glee, would pretty much kill to be Lea Michele, the actress who plays her."

"She's going to be a superstar, She's also one the funniest people I know."

"I'm a big fan, a-late-in-the-game one, but I'm all in the "Glee" world. Lea [Michele] is amazing. It's a really gifted cast."

"So when I sold the 'Glee' pilot and started to write down the part, I said there's only one girl who can play this. We never found anybody else, and then you do the studio and network test, and you're supposed to bring ten people in, and I said she's the only one, and then she opened her mouth and sang and all the guys were crying, and they hired her, literally on the spot, in the room."

"She's so talented and so truthful, incredibly gifted and a very deep and sensitive actor. She has also grown from a beautiful child into a ravishing young lady. Also, that voice is glorious — just seamless. Lea works very hard and is very serious about 'the work.'

"We do have a love fest [at home]. It's like, 'I'm making you a cupcake.' Then it's like, 'Well, I made you a cake.' And it's like, 'Well I made you a cake with a cupcake on top and candles.'"

“When she (Lea Michele) did that Barbra Streisand song, I freaked out! I freaked out! I was like this is better than Barbra.”

" How can I emphasize just how wonderful Jonathan Groff is opposite Lea Michele? These two have such crazy chemistry you'll literally squeal.

"Michele’s huge voice, born-to-be-on-stage persona, adorable comedic half-smile, and smokin’ hot, half-size-too-small school girl sweater dress all serve as reminders that she alone is reason enough to for me to keep watching Glee."

" Lea Michele’s Rachel belting out a Broadway-flavored version of “Like a Prayer,” presumably from the upcoming all-Madonna episode, gives a little taste of everything I love about the girl. Michele’s huge voice, born-to-be-on-stage persona, adorable comedic half-smile, and smokin’ hot, half-size-too-small school girl sweater dress all serve as reminders that she alone is reason enough to for me to keep watching Glee"

"Lea Michele singing Madonna's "Like a Prayer." Lea, as always, sounds downright amazing (we can't wait to hear how the rest of the all-Madonna episode turns out), but it's the snippets from the show that really gave us goosebumps!"

"Why, it was almost like a religious experience. In fact, it was a religious experience—it was Lea Michele singing Madge’s 1989 hit “Like A Prayer” in a brand new Glee promo! "

Could anything possibly be better than Lea Michele and the rest of the Glee gang belting out Madonna's "Like a Prayer"—with a fan-freaking-tastic gospel choir to boot?!

Coolest of all? Lea Michele, as Rachel, belting out a Broadway version of "Like a Prayer" in the background.

“She’s a once-in-a-generation voice and Broadway talent, in the tradition of Streisand and Patti Lupone.”

"I think she's a very strong woman and she knows exactly what she wants."

"It sort of cuts through you. It pierces through you. It's incredibly moving and soulful beyond her years," he says. "Like that next sort of Barbra or Patti LuPone or just that great, big, universal talent that is so inclusive to people."

"It [Lea's voice] sort of cuts through you. It pierces through you. It's incredibly moving and soulful beyond her years, Like that next sort of Barbra or Patti LuPone or just that great, big, universal talent that is so inclusive to people."

The show’s charismatic female lead, Lea Michele (born Lea Michele Sarfati), who’s got a voice with enough power to supplant Middle East oil, has been playing Jewish roles for years:

"I watched Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff stage fornicate in Spring Awakening in New York and felt a negligible tingle run up my thigh, but watching them sing Lionel Richie's "Hello" at the piano together made me want to impregnate both of them. That's right, both of them."