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Runaway Blonde | Tango Magazine

Broadway flipped for her in 1998. Now the music business, TV and Hollywood are all under her spell. Her love life? A work in progress. Actress Kristin Chenoweth shares her own “runaway bride” stories as well as her experiences falling in and out of love. In this questionnaire, she reveals the crazy things she’s done (and would do) for love.

In her 20s, Kristin Chenoweth admits, she was “sort of the runaway bride,” with two broken engagements. “I just wasn’t there,” she says. “Now that I’m in my 30s, I think all those experiences that I will prepare me for that man.”

That man will need to appreciate art and music and theater, since Chenoweth’s experiences include winning a Tony in the 1998 revival of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, then creating the role of Glinda the Good Witch in the hit musical Wicked.

The classically trained Chenoweth—who sold out Carnegie Hall in 2004—also released her second album, As I Am, last April, and continues this season as media consultant Annabeth Schott on NBC’s Emmy-winning series The West Wing. As for Hollywood, she was Nicole Kidman’s nosy neighbor in Bewitched, and will be all over the big screen this coming year in The Return of the Pink Panther, Stranger Than Fiction, and Running With Scissors, among other projects.

So it’s not like she’s been waiting by the phone, for men or magazine covers. But the 37-year-old star was intrigued by the challenge of pioneering the Tango Questionnaire—and her answers revealed a true romantic. (The girl was born and raised in Broken Arrow, Okla., after all.) “I see myself getting married someday, because I do believe in the institution,” she says. “I just haven’t found the right person.”

Tango Questionnaire: Kristin Chenoweth
OCCUPATION // Actress, singer.
HOMETOWN // Broken Arrow, Okla.
EDUCATION // Bachelor’s degree in musical theater; master’s in opera performance.
STATUS // Dating.

What is the biggest difference between men and women?
Women have to talk everything out but don’t need a solution right away. Men have to fix it.

If you could have one typically male characteristic, what would it be?
The ability to brush things off. Women hold on to stuff.

Most important relationship lesson you’ve learned?
Not to project what the other person is feeling, and that men can’t read our minds. We’d love it if they could, but they can’t.

Best compliment you’ve ever received from a lover?
When I walked into a restaurant and my ex-boyfriend said, “You know, the whole room stops when you enter it.”

Craziest thing you’ve ever done for love?
Flying to meet a boy-friend in another country. He said, “Come,” so I went.

Biggest romantic regret?
Flying to meet a boyfriend in another country! The minute I got there, I knew something was wrong—he’d cheated, or something—but I stayed. I hung around long enough to get hurt. I wish I had listened to my heart saying “Go home.”

Who do you consider a relationship role model?
I look at couples like Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn and realize that they aren’t married in the traditional set-up, but whatever they have there, it works.

Do you believe in “the One”?
Oh God, yes, I do. I know a lot of women—and a lot of men—say “There’s a lot of ‘the Ones’ out there,” but I’m a romantic.

Flowers or candy?
Flowers. Gladiolas. I know they’re popular for funerals, but they’re gorgeous.

Favorite body part?
A nice set of arms.

“I am a sucker for _____”?
A man in a suit. I love to see a man in a nice suit, like Armani.

“I feel sexiest when _____”?
When I’m just in jeans and a T-shirt and a ponytail. I love hair and makeup and all that stuff, but I like to put on mascara, lip gloss, and a T-shirt.

Is a one-night stand ever worth the risk?
No. I’ve never had one. I don’t think I could. I put too much into it. I have to be in love.

Does chemistry have to be immediate?
Yes. It’s either there or it’s not.

Who was your first love?
I love him still! His name is Sean Ryan. An Oklahoma boy and my college sweetheart. We got promised and the whole Southern thing.

Valentine’s Day—love it or hate it?
Love it. Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays, and I love to be surprised. Oh, I’m such a dork—the whole sentiment of it. But I haven’t had a real Valentine’s Day in a couple of years. I’m always on the road or breaking up.

Guilty-pleasure love song?
“When I’m With You,” by Sheriff.

Most romantic spot?
I’m not gonna pick a place, I’m gonna pick a body part: from the nape of the neck down to my waist, in the center of my back. Nothing is better than a guy leading you into a room, or walking down the street, and his hand is on your back. Yeah, I like that.

“In a past life, I would have had a crush on _____”?
Cary Grant.

In this life?
Michael Vartan.

Favorite romantic movie?
Splendor in the Grass, with Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood.

“My mother always told me _____”?
Never have to rely on a man … I don’t know if that’s good advice or bad advice.

Beginning “Once upon a time,” how would your fairytale go?
Once upon a time there was a girl not expecting what she found in men.

And she found …?
I love the “go-get-‘em” attitude that a lot of guys have. But at the end of the day, when I want to feel safe, there’s nothing better than to have a man say, “I love you just the way you are.” That’s what I’m looking for: somebody to say, “I love you for who you are, not what the public thinks of you.”

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