Cory Monteith Quotes

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Cory Monteith

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 11, 1982

I don't read that many novels, I'm more of a nonfiction fan.

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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.

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I'm Joe Canada, who never went to high school. I've never even been to a football game.

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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.

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I used to do tech support for MSN in Canada.

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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.

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I'm lucky on so many counts - I'm lucky to be alive.

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I probably tweet every other day, which I know isn't half as much as some people.

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I'm really pale.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I'm a pretty good snowboarder but a terrible surfer.

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I say eat fast and die young.

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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.

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How do I put this? 'Glee' is like 'High School Musical' if 'High School Musical' had its stomach punched and its lunch money stolen.

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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.

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