Cory Monteith Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Cory Monteith
When the music hits, you feel no pain, to quote Bob Marley. But it's true. It's like all art and creation: You're completely in the moment, and you just feel free. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
I don't have to hide or be somebody I'm not. I don't have to compromise. I can just be myself. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
I probably tweet every other day, which I know isn't half as much as some people. — Cory Monteith
I'm really pale. — Cory Monteith
I'm a cat whisperer. When I go to people's houses, their cats always like me better than the owners. — Cory Monteith
How do I put this? 'Glee' is like 'High School Musical' if 'High School Musical' had its stomach punched and its lunch money stolen. — Cory Monteith
I'm a pretty good snowboarder but a terrible surfer. — Cory Monteith
I'm Canadian, but no, I don't speak French. — Cory Monteith
I keep a pretty low profile. I live in Culver City with some roommates. I don't do the whole 'Hollywood' thing. — Cory Monteith
Every single day I wake up in the morning, and I wonder if this is some kind of amazing dream that's gonna end all of a sudden. And, you know, I'm gonna wake up and be somewhere else. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
I want to get married and have children and live happily ever after. That's important to me. — Cory Monteith
I play a lot of ultra-violent video games. — Cory Monteith
I've been very inspired by Virgin's model of business as a force for good. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
And everything that comes out of my mouth is gonna be repeated in two-sentence-long bites for the next years of my life. Certain words travel far and wide. — Cory Monteith
I didn't have any definition of self. I never fit in, so I started pretending I was other people. I'd find people I thought were cool and dress how they dressed, talk how they talked, do whatever they were into. This led to a period of drugs and anchohol. When his family gave him an ultimatum to get clean or they'd report him to the police Corey said, "I was done fighting myself. I finally said, "I'm gonna start looking at my life and figure out why I'm doing this. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
Just be you ... 'cause that's good enough for me! — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
But for those people who might give up: Get real about what you want and go after it. — Cory Monteith
Life is too short to be serious — Cory Monteith
I say eat fast and die young. — Cory Monteith
I've got the rest of my life to be a grown-up. And for now, it's OK to be young. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
I used to do tech support for MSN in Canada. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
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, — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
Evolved? As a dancer? Me? I don't fall down as much, unless it's part of the scripted dance. I don't step on other people's toes anymore. I think if I started the show a one out of ten dancer, now I am a two and a half. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
At some point, you realize your parents are human. They make the best decisions they can with the options available to them. — Cory Monteith
I don't need to be wildly famous for my life to make sense. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
It's all about perseverance. Absolute perseverance. You can always get back up. — Cory Monteith
Fox taught me how to sing and dance — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
I'm lucky on so many counts - I'm lucky to be alive. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
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. — Cory Monteith
I'm Joe Canada, who never went to high school. I've never even been to a football game. — Cory Monteith