Cory Monteith
Cory Monteith
Cory Allan Michael Monteithwas a Canadian actor and musician, known for his role as Finn Hudson on the Fox television series Glee...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth11 May 1982
CityCalgary, Canada
CountryCanada
kids school thinking
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,
goes-on shows
The show must go on all over the place or something.
fun people world
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.
causes enough good-enough
Just be you...'cause that's good enough for me!
dream morning somewhere-else
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.
art pain bob
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.
life-is-too-short serious life-is
Life is too short to be serious
needs make-sense
I don't need to be wildly famous for my life to make sense.
teacher years class
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.
cat people house
I'm a cat whisperer. When I go to people's houses, their cats always like me better than the owners.
lucky-to-be-alive alive lucky
I'm lucky on so many counts - I'm lucky to be alive.
giving-up real people
But for those people who might give up: Get real about what you want and go after it.
art focus acting
If you focus on what you want and you persevere, chances are you succeed. You know, that's what I found. It might not be in acting - it might be in business, financing, it might be in the arts, it might be in anything. But it's all about focusing and being inspired.
perseverance get-back absolutes
It's all about perseverance. Absolute perseverance. You can always get back up.