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" 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

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

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

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" 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 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 Canadian, but no, I don't speak French. "

" I want to get married and have children and live happily ever after. That's important to me. "

Cory Monteith

Live

Important

" 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

Rome

Right

" I like Lady Gaga! "

" I've been very inspired by Virgin's model of business as a force for good. "

" I say eat fast and die young. "

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

" 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'm a cat whisperer. When I go to people's houses, their cats always like me better than the owners. "

" 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. "

" 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

Seen

Tone

" 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 used to do tech support for MSN in Canada. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" 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'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'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 keep a pretty low profile. I live in Culver City with some roommates. I don't do the whole 'Hollywood' thing. "

" 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

My Life

Life