Cory Monteith Quotes

Be nice to everyone, always smile & appreciate things because it could all be gone tomorrow.

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

I don't have to hide or be somebody I'm not. I don't have to compromise. I can just be myself.

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.

Life is too short to be serious

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.

Just be you...'cause that's good enough for me!

I've got the rest of my life to be a grown-up. And for now, it's OK to be young.

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

The show must go on all over the place or something.

It's all about perseverance. Absolute perseverance. You can always get back up.

At some point, you realize your parents are human. They make the best decisions they can with the options available to them.

But for those people who might give up: Get real about what you want and go after it.

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

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.

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

I say eat fast and die young.

My life has changed in almost every way but I couldn’t be more grateful. I couldn’t be happier - I feel like the luckiest guy in the world.

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.

How do I put this? 'Glee' is like 'High School Musical' if 'High School Musical' had its stomach punched and its lunch money stolen.

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.

I don't need to be wildly famous for my life to make sense. I guess I'm kind of happy where I'm at, and I take whatever comes, and it's a good thing.

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.

I play a lot of ultra-violent video games.

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.

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.

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

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

Fox taught me how to sing and dance

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.

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

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

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.

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'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 probably tweet every other day, which I know isn't half as much as some people.

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 used to do tech support for MSN in Canada.

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.