Quotes by Cory Monteith

I think if you show up and you work hard and youre straightforward, you can always create your own opportunities. I hope Im right.

If people are taking pictures of me at Starbucks, its not the end of the world. Its cool, its fun, its exciting.

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.

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.

I like the idea of dating, but Im not dating anyone exclusively, particularly right now. Its hard to be in a relationship unless youre ready to go public with it. So its a lot easier for me to not be in a relationship. I really dont want that part of my life to be tabloid fodder.

Ive 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.