Cory Monteith Quotes

I live my life outside of the glitz and glamour of the red carpet events, and so you'll never see me there. I'm never at parties.

Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.

I am not looking for fame. I prefer to have a normal life.

I don't think about being the Colin Firth of the gardening world. I live a very insular world based around my family and my home, and to them I'm not the Colin Firth of anything.

You would never have seen me on any party scene, which is probably what made me able to disappear, in a way, because the tabloids had nothing to follow.

I try not to label myself anything, really, but you know, I'm definitely an indoorsy person, and I definitely kind of just try to, you know, stay away from life in the public eye, at least.

I'm trying to remain unfamous.

I don't feel like a pop star. I like being able to live my life the same as my mates. I don't get recognised much.

Honestly, I want to live a calm life without being in the press. I want to be like any other American citizen who gets a speeding ticket or has an argument with his spouse... and doesn't have the whole world know.

I've always been a pretty private, quiet kind of person and so I haven't had to change my life really at all, I don't think.

I just like being a regular person.

I get recognised, but I'm not the sort of person who frequents popular clubs. I try to keep out of that.

You can certainly keep a low public profile if you want to.

I'm a quiet person, and I live a quiet, pleasant, ordinary, simple life.

If you lived next door to me and didn't know what I did, you wouldn't know I was a celebrity. I don't have that lifestyle, nor do I want that lifestyle. I want to know that I can have a separate life with my wife and my kids and just be normal and go camping and fishing and outdoor stuff.

That's the beauty of being a straight-to-DVD star. It really helps you stay under the media's radar.

I don't go running after publicity.

I don't like to be always in the press, or on television or always be on seen. It is not how I like to lead my life.

I don't think about being a public persona too much - I just get on with what I'm doing.

I have always said that it is completely about the music, and I have never been interested in anything else. I think I've been able to maintain that. I'm a totally normal person, I don't get followed or have photographers waiting outside my door. So yes I have a very ordinary life.

I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible because I want people to be able to watch my films and not be distracted.

I am not a famous person at home - I'm just a guy here. I'm a father, I'm a companion, I'm a human being. I am not a public figure in my house; I am not a celebrity. I am not a famous person to myself - I am just a guy.

I lead a very quiet life and never court publicity. I don't go to a restaurant and let slip I'm leaving by the back door, like some celebrities.

I don't have a circus around me, and that's a choice. I like to be on Planet Earth as much as possible.

I don't have a glamorous lifestyle.