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Cory Monteith was a talented Canadian actor, best known for his role as Finn Hudson in the television series 'Glee'. His performances and likability made him a beloved icon to many. Unfortunately, he passed away due to a drug overdose in 2013 at the age of 31.

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Famous Cory Monteith Quotes

“I say eat fast and die young.”

Young Dies Die Young

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

Needs Make Sense

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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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“I play a lot of ultra-violent video games.”

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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 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.”

Want Ideas Hard Ready Easier Right Now Dating Tabloids Fodder

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“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.”

Knows Kind Shows Glee Stasis

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“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.”

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

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“Fox taught me how to sing and dance”

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“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.”

Needs Kind Good Things Make Sense

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

Want Children Important Married Happily Ever After Ever After

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

Alive Lucky Lucky To Be Alive

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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.”

Humans Parent Realizing Decision Available

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

Speak Speaks French

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“I have a solo deal with Columbia Records. So it's about, do I want to release an album, when can we do it, what kind of album should it be, how should it be released and marketed and what's the right timing? Do I have time to do it? It's all about questions.”

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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.”

People Ifs World Ends Fun Exciting End Of The World Starbucks Taking Pictures

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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'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.”

Thinking Wells Shows Bigs Fans Smart Reception Glee Really Smart

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

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“I used to do tech support for MSN in Canada.”

Used Support Canada

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

People House Cat Like Me Owners

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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.”

Fronts Managers Auditions Glee

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

Novel Fans Nonfiction

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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.”

Whole Cities Lows Hollywood Profile Roommate

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

People Knows Half Tweet

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

School Games Football High School Canada Football Game

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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 was going.”

Wanted Four Decided Shooting Boards Rome Airports Departure Cab Days Off Budapest

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“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.”

Trying Years Community Acting Class Teacher Theater Moved Driving Taxi Vancouver Barely Getting By

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“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.”

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“I didn't have any definition of self. I never fit in, so I started pretending I was other people. I'd find people I thought were cool and dress how they dressed, talk how they talked, do whatever they were into. This led to a period of drugs and anchohol. When his family gave him an ultimatum to get clean or they'd report him to the police Corey said, "I was done fighting myself. I finally said, "I'm gonna start looking at my life and figure out why I'm doing this.”

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“Evolved? As a dancer? Me? I don’t fall down as much, unless it’s part of the scripted dance. I don’t step on other people’s toes anymore. I think if I started the show a one out of ten dancer, now I am a two and a half.”

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

I Can Compromise

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

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

Gone Nice Television Tomorrow Appreciate Smile Appreciation Positive Attitude Being Nice Politeness Appreciate Life Always Smile Be Nice To Everyone

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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.”

Helping Care Cry Amount Members Caught Significant Desperate Family Members

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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.”

Looks Whole Fire Broken Glasses Ice Bedroom Handy Fireplaces Broken Glass

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“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.”

Years Long Two Certain Next Mouths Sentences Wide Bites Next Year

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

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

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“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.”

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“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.”

Ifs Knows Want Art Might Found Chance Acting Focus Succeed Inspired What You Want Persevere Chances Are Financing

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“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.”

Thinking Want Kids School Actors Okay Getting High Famous Actor

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

Enough Causes Good Enough Be You

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“Life is too short to be serious”

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“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.”

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“My past made me who I am today. I can’t just pretend it never happened. But the biggest lesson I learnt from that, is that I can be an example for others who are still struggling! There’s always hope and help for everyone. I think it’s my responsibility to do that, to help. I always refer to this as the “moment of clarity”. It’s hard to explain what really happened, but it was a once in a lifetime kind of moment. I had reached my lowest point and I just knew things had to change quickly because there was just no other way, you know.”

“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.”

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About the Author

Born: May 11, 1982
Died: July 13, 2013
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 49

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