7 Quotes & Sayings By Cory Monteith

Cory Monteith was born on November 7, 1987, in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. He is best known for playing Finn Hudson on the television series Glee. In 2010, he won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his work on the television series. He died from an accidental overdose of heroin and alcohol at age 31.

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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. Cory Monteith
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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. Cory Monteith
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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. Cory Monteith
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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. Cory Monteith
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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. Cory Monteith
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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