Quotes by Cory Monteith

About Cory Monteith:

Cory Allan Michael Monteith was a Canadian actor and musician, known for his role as Finn Hudson on the Fox television series Glee.
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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 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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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've been very inspired by Virgin's model of business as a force for good.

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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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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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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 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 pa...

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I don't need to be wildly famous for my life to make sense.

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

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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.

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I say eat fast and die young.

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

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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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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 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 wa...

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Author Bio

  • NameCory Monteith
  • Descriptionfilm actor
  • AliasesCory Allan Monteith; Corey Monteith
  • BornMay 11, 1982
  • DiedJuly 13, 2013
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Actor; Singer; Musician
  • AwardsScreen Actors Guild Award