Cory Monteith
Cory Monteith

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

Cory Monteith
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
Cory Monteith

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

Cory Monteith
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
Cory Monteith

I like Lady Gaga!

Cory Monteith
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
Cory Monteith

I play a lot of ultra-violent video games.

Cory Monteith
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
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
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
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
Cory Monteith

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

Cory Monteith
Cory Monteith

I used to do tech support for MSN in Canada.

Cory Monteith
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
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
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
Cory Monteith

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

Cory Monteith
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
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
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.