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" I keep a pretty low profile. I live in Culver City with some roommates. I don't do the whole 'Hollywood' thing. "
Cory Monteith
Live
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Hollywood
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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 don't read that many novels, I'm more of a nonfiction fan. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I say eat fast and die young. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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 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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Kind
Lost
" 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. "
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Friend
Try
Community
" I'm really pale. "
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Pale
Really
" 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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Job
Fake
" 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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Sing
Talk
Manager
" 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. "
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" I like Lady Gaga! "
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Lady Gaga
Gaga
Lady
" I want to get married and have children and live happily ever after. That's important to me. "
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Me
Live
Important
" I play a lot of ultra-violent video games. "
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Lot
Video Games
Video
" I'm a pretty good snowboarder but a terrible surfer. "
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Pretty
Terrible
Pretty Good
" I'm Canadian, but no, I don't speak French. "
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Canadian
Speak
French
" 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. "
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Experience
Hope
Remember
" 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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Learning
Hanging
" 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. "
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Like
Know
Kind
" I used to do tech support for MSN in Canada. "
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Canada
Support
Tech
" 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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Think
" At some point, you realize your parents are human. They make the best decisions they can with the options available to them. "
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Best
Decisions
" I don't need to be wildly famous for my life to make sense. "
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Life
Make
" I'm a cat whisperer. When I go to people's houses, their cats always like me better than the owners. "
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Better
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" I'm lucky on so many counts - I'm lucky to be alive. "
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Many
Counts