Top 112 Quotes & Sayings by Chris Colfer

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Chris Colfer.
Last updated on December 3, 2024.
Chris Colfer

Christopher Paul Colfer is an American actor, singer, and author. He gained international recognition for his portrayal of Kurt Hummel on the television musical Glee (2009–2015). Colfer's portrayal of Kurt received critical praise for which he has been the recipient of several awards, including Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards, and three consecutive People's Choice Awards for Favorite Comedic TV Actor in 2013, 2014, and 2015. In April 2011, Colfer was named one of the Time 100, Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Oh, I have this feud going with the L.A. Unified School District, because I keep getting these phone calls saying my daughter keeps missing classes, I mean, at all hours of the night, I had like, two calls this morning and I keep calling saying I haven't got a daughter!
I could never rap, personally. I can't even wrap presents.
I wasn't going to get such a nice car - I was going to get a cute little hybrid or something, keep the trees happy - but then my grandfather died, and it was all: retail therapy!
My life is an awkward visit from the kids table. — © Chris Colfer
My life is an awkward visit from the kids table.
The gay people I knew in real life were soft spoken and didn't want to call attention to themselves because they were terrified of exposing themselves, of people finding out that they're gay.
I'm really not good blackmail material.
I can act... I do a little writing as well. And I'm good at typing. I'm a creative typist, actually.
It doesn't matter how old I get, I always act like an excited five year-old kid with severe ADD and a waddle at Disneyland.
I can sing and dance. I can smile - a lot.
I'm horrible at auditions anyway. Maybe that's why I never got anything.
I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.
Not taking yourself too seriously, that's the important thing.
I do better singing female songs because my voice is so high-pitched.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to fall in my GaGa shoes one night on tour and I'm hoping it becomes a Youtube sensation.
I was a lone duck in a swan-filled pond who criticized everyone. — © Chris Colfer
I was a lone duck in a swan-filled pond who criticized everyone.
I don't personally feel a responsibility to be a role model, but as the actor, I do.
I think always staying focused and not taking things too seriously, but taking the important things seriously.
I kind of did this thing in high school, a spoof of 'Sweeney Todd' called 'Shirley Todd,' and I had a great time doing that.
I grew up doing musical theater.
I wish I could walk into a room and feel superior and have my nose up at everybody, but I can't, because I know I'm just a huge nerd, and that wouldn't work for me.
I was made fun of a lot in high school because of the way I sound and the way I was.
Cast parties are a lot of fun!
I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was growing up were all flamboyant and obnoxious and sometimes kind of annoying.
I don't necessarily consider myself a virgin, probably because I have such a penetrating personality
Sometimes we forget about our own advantages because we focus on what we don't have. Just because you have to work a little harder at something that seems easier to others doesn't mean you're without your own talents.
Don’t listen to what people tell you because they’ll try to bring you down. And don’t listen to yourself, either, because yourself will try to bring you down even more so than anyone else. As long as you just put all your energy into one thing, it can happen.
If you ask me, it doesn't matter what life you're living, life never has a solution. No matter how hard the struggles are that you leave behind, new struggles always take their place.
Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better
You’re not weak. Your life is not defined by a letter grade, a dress size, your sexuality or anything else. You have every chance at happiness. You were not meant to suffer. You are loved. Never, ever give up.
There are ways to meet people and surround yourself with like-minded people who will support you.
Right now, we're living in an ugly chapter of our lives, but books always get better!
People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them.
Anyone can have a once-upon-a-time or a happily-ever-after, but it's the journey between that makes the story worth telling.
Roses are red, Violets are blue, No amount of money, Can stop me from loving you, Try as they may, Try as they might, I’m not letting go, Without a fight, Some say it’s wicked, Some say it’s sinful, Some it’s wrong, And just wrong, I don’t know much, But when push comes to shove, I definitely don’t believe, There’s such thing wrong as love.
You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going.
I don't think I've ever tried to be something that I'm not. People do that for you. People try to pigeonhole you. People tried typecasting me, before they even saw me in anything else. I've never understood that. I was like, "Why don't you wait until my next project, before you start telling my what my career is going to look like, for the next 10 years?" I've never let it set me back because I always knew the world would try to do that for me, anyway.
Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.
There's nothing wrong with you. There's a lot wrong with the world you live in. And definitely get out of high school and make everyone sorry.
From this day on, I refuse to let anyone bring me to a point where I can't take a horrible situation and spin it into something beneficial. I will never let anyone make me feel anything I don't want to feel again or rob me of the passions that make me who I am.
If you truly own who you are, no one can use you against you. — © Chris Colfer
If you truly own who you are, no one can use you against you.
I’m not really afraid to be my awkward self, and I know there’s lots and lots of other people just like me out there that are awkward themselves. And I think they just appreciate that I’m not afraid to say the weird things that I say and tweet the obnoxious things that I tweet. But I’ve tried being other people and myself suits me the best. I think you just be honest. I think people respond to honesty.
There's no solution to life, there's going to be problems no matter what.
Don't be afraid to be human - you're human, you're going to have emotional days. You're going to have days when things suck and then some days when things are great, but don't feel guilty because you're experiencing that. Don't feel guilty from being human.
I was obsessed with fairytales, and I was a very, very inquisitive kid, and I would ask my mom all kinds of questions. It all kind of formed a story in my head, and I really wanted to be a published author when I was 10, but I had a hard time writing a novel when I was 10. So I decided to wait until I was little bit older and then get it done.
It doesn't matter how greatly you've been hurt or how much you're hurting, it's what you do with the pain that counts. You could cry for years or you could choose to learn and grow from it.
I think I just want to leave my mark in some way. I hope I leave the world a better place than it was when I came, and I think the best way I can do that is through acting and writing, and hopefully it will make a difference someday.
Every driven person comes from a mountain of pain they wish to keep hidden.
Whoa, I've really got to stop making plans with fictional characters. It can't be healthy to develop relationships with people who don't exist.
If you are going to live in a house made of candy, don't move next door to a couple of obese kids. A lot of these fairy-tale characters are missing common sense.
People only love you as long as they're getting something of you, but the minute you say something they don't want to hear or do something they don't want to see, all the admiration drains from their hearts.
You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough — © Chris Colfer
You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough
A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.
No matter what you do, you can never please everyone. And that was the hardest lesson to learn. In fact, I'm still learning it.
Whether I'm in front of the camera, behind the camera, at my computer writing a novel or a screenplay, as long as I get to entertain someone out there, I'm happy.
Every time I get injured I measure it's severity by asking myself 'Would this stop me from going to Disneyland?'
A voice that was never wanted has become a voice for so many people who don’t have one.
That’s my biggest fear – disappointing those people who look up to me.
When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.
I’ve tried being other people and myself suits me the best.
You've got to show the world who you are before it tells you. Otherwise you become victim to someone you're not.
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