Cory Monteith
I don't need to be wildly famous for my life to make sense.Collection: Famous
I was 20 years old, working as a roofer and a telemarketer and driving a taxi, just barely getting by. A friend of a friend suggested I try acting. I was like, 'Why? What am I going to do? Community theater?' But I took a class, and the teacher thought that I had potential, so I moved to Vancouver and started auditioning.Collection: Teacher
I like the idea of dating, but I'm not dating anyone exclusively, particularly right now. It's hard to be in a relationship unless you're ready to go public with it. So it's a lot easier for me to not be in a relationship. I really don't want that part of my life to be tabloid fodder.Collection: Dating
I'm a cat whisperer. When I go to people's houses, their cats always like me better than the owners.
Maybe it'll be like 'The Simpsons,' and everybody will remain unchanged. Maybe that's what 'Glee's about. Maybe this is kind of a stasis show. I don't know.
At some point, you realize your parents are human. They make the best decisions they can with the options available to them.
I want to get married and have children and live happily ever after. That's important to me.
It's really annoying when you're trying to get to know someone and she doesn't pay attention to you because she's obsessed with her phone.
I was dirt-poor. I could barely hold down a job. Eventually, though, I started getting small parts on shows like 'Smallville,' 'Supernatural'... and lots of really bad sci-fi movies. I was running around the woods in wolf contacts, covered in fake blood made out of pancake syrup, roaring.
But when the 'Glee' audition came around, my manager literally had to talk me into it. I was petrified to sing in front of anyone.
I see the people in the tabloids, the ones that get bad press, who have kind of gone off the edge, and I try to study them so that I don't do that. It seems like they lost focus at some point - that's the one thing they all have in common.
I'm Joe Canada, who never went to high school. I've never even been to a football game.
I remember I'd come home from fifth, sixth grade, and I'd watch 'Saved by the Bell' and be like, 'I hope my high school experience is like that.' And it totally wasn't. It sucked.
I've worked as a labourer, driven taxis and school buses, and been a car mechanic - whatever I could do just to get by. But it does mean that I know a little bit about a lot of things.
I probably tweet every other day, which I know isn't half as much as some people.
I don't read that many novels, I'm more of a nonfiction fan.
I keep a pretty low profile. I live in Culver City with some roommates. I don't do the whole 'Hollywood' thing.
If people are taking pictures of me at Starbucks, it's not the end of the world. It's cool, it's fun, it's exciting.
How do I put this? 'Glee' is like 'High School Musical' if 'High School Musical' had its stomach punched and its lunch money stolen.
I say eat fast and die young.
I like Lady Gaga!
I'm lucky on so many counts - I'm lucky to be alive.
I stole a significant amount of money from a family member. I knew I was going to get caught, but I was so desperate I didn't care. It was a cry for help.
I took out a whole fireplace and put in broken glass and installed a burner underneath, so it looks like fire on ice. I did that in my bedroom suite. I'm pretty handy.
I'll go out, but I leave early, before the shenanigans. I don't really do the Hollywood party thing. I'd rather watch sports or play videogames or work out or sleep, to be totally honest.
I'm pretty focused on my career, and if it comes down to hanging out with somebody or learning my lines, it's gonna be learning my lines.
I'm a big fan of 'Glee.' I think it's really smart. And I think it's well-timed. But you can't not be surprised at the reception this show's received. It's really something else.
I recently had a few days off while shooting a movie in Budapest, so I took a cab from the set to the airport, looked at the departure board, and decided where I wanted to go right then and there. I spent four days in Rome and didn't tell anyone I was going.
I'm really pale.
I have a solo deal with Columbia Records. So it's about, do I want to release an album, when can we do it, what kind of album should it be, how should it be released and marketed and what's the right timing? Do I have time to do it? It's all about questions.
I think if you show up and you work hard and you're straightforward, you can always create your own opportunities. I hope I'm right.
I've been very inspired by Virgin's model of business as a force for good.
I think having worked in a department store setting, if my life had not taken a drastically different turn when I became an actor, there's a very high probability I would have continued to work at the department store.
It's always exciting to explore adult roles when the vast majority of viewers that have seen me on TV know me from 'Glee,' from something of a different tone.
I play a lot of ultra-violent video games.
I'm a pretty good snowboarder but a terrible surfer.
I used to do tech support for MSN in Canada.
I'm Canadian, but no, I don't speak French.
Be nice to everyone, always smile & appreciate things because it could all be gone tomorrow.Collection: Smile
Life is too short to be seriousCollection: Life Is Too Short
My past made me who I am today. I can’t just pretend it never happened. But the biggest lesson I learnt from that, is that I can be an example for others who are still struggling! There’s always hope and help for everyone. I think it’s my responsibility to do that, to help. I always refer to this as the “moment of clarity”. It’s hard to explain what really happened, but it was a once in a lifetime kind of moment. I had reached my lowest point and I just knew things had to change quickly because there was just no other way, you know.Collection: Struggle
Just be you...'cause that's good enough for me!Collection: Causes
I don't have to hide or be somebody I'm not. I don't have to compromise. I can just be myself.Collection: Compromise
The show must go on all over the place or something.Collection: Goes On
It's all about perseverance. Absolute perseverance. You can always get back up.Collection: Perseverance
But for those people who might give up: Get real about what you want and go after it.Collection: Giving Up
I've got the rest of my life to be a grown-up. And for now, it's OK to be young.Collection: Young
If you focus on what you want and you persevere, chances are you succeed. You know, that's what I found. It might not be in acting - it might be in business, financing, it might be in the arts, it might be in anything. But it's all about focusing and being inspired.Collection: Art
I'm pretty goofy and I make a lot of dumb jokes - life is too short to be serious, so I guess that's how I flirt. To be honest, I think I'm too shy and reserved to be a proper old fashioned flirt.Collection: Life Is Too Short
I don’t want kids to think it’s okay to drop out of school and get high, and they’ll be famous actors, too.Collection: School