Matthew Morrison Quotes

“You don't want to play a perfect person; no one cares about that.”

— Matthew Morrison

I wouldn't be where I am today without the amazing public arts education that I had.

— Matthew Morrison

Everyone thinks I'm a nice guy, which is not a bad way to be perceived.

— Matthew Morrison

“I grew up as an only child. My parents weren't great conversationalists. We had a quiet house. I'm not very verbal.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I guess I was one of the popular kids. I played soccer, I was class president - I even dated the homecoming queen.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I'm a mellow guy, and I feel like my music is mellow.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I grew up singing and dancing, so people have been calling me gay since fifth grade. I've heard everything you could possibly hear about it. But I do love gay people, so I'm not going to act like I was insulted or angry about it.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I run probably 35-40 miles a week, and I think 80 per cent of your body is what you eat. The biggest part is just eating well.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I don't think anyone can get away from high school unscathed.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I've had way more rejections than I've had jobs.”

— Matthew Morrison

“It's pretty amazing being me.”

— Matthew Morrison

“More people saw the pilot of 'Glee' than saw me in my entire 10-year career on Broadway.”

— Matthew Morrison

“Music has the ability to comfort people.”

— Matthew Morrison

“My dad is a nurse midwife, one of about only 50 male midwives in the U.S., I think.”

— Matthew Morrison

I don't like to go out to parties or clubbing, and I kind of like my anonymity.

— Matthew Morrison

I like pushing myself, and usually if I'm not good at something I just won't do it because I'm a perfectionist.

— Matthew Morrison

I love candlelit dinners.

— Matthew Morrison

I think every great show has that kind of romance that people just kind of yearn for.

— Matthew Morrison

“I want to be Gwyneth Paltrow when I grow up! She's been able to have such a great career, such a great family and she stays so humble and so real.”

— Matthew Morrison

I'd like someone who challenges me, someone who is more beautiful in the inside than they are on the outside.

— Matthew Morrison

“I'm a huge Bob Marley fan; I remember going to Jamaica for the first time when I was a kid and I got so obsessed with the steel drums.”

— Matthew Morrison

“Cooking is always very romantic!”

— Matthew Morrison

“I actually grew up break-dancing. When you break-dance you listen to hip-hop and rap, so I've been listening to that music since I was a kid.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I love London and British women.”

— Matthew Morrison

“My favourite place in the world to run is Stanley Park in Vancouver. One loop around there is perfect.”

— Matthew Morrison

“Fame, you know, it's like a handgun - in the wrong hands, it's dangerous.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I know what it takes to be a good boyfriend. Time, first and foremost. To be there for someone and be involved in their life.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I'm a dancer, so I love to dance.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I'm a great bowler. I was in a couple of leagues as a kid.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I'm an awful golfer.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I've had people following me home or standing outside my house. It's strange. I just don't think people were meant to be worshipped or idolised.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I don't get as much female attention as you'd think, because I never go out.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I don't think anyone wants to be in a role forever.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I speak a little Spanish but I am so impressed by people who can speak a lot of different languages.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I want my shows to be very classic and timeless.”

— Matthew Morrison

“I'm happy being single but I definitely want someone in my life. I want to eventually get married and have kids.”

— Matthew Morrison

“In all the shows I've done, I'm always the first to leave - it's in my make-up.”

— Matthew Morrison

“Most of the songs I wrote are personal.”

— Matthew Morrison

My friends hate me because I do pick up things really quickly.

— Matthew Morrison

“On a TV show, you don't know where the character is going.”

— Matthew Morrison

Once you're famous you can't go back.

— Matthew Morrison

“Running has been almost my savior.”

— Matthew Morrison

“The paparazzi is kind of crazy here in L.A., but it's nothing like it is in London. They are animals over there, it's insane.”

— Matthew Morrison

“In high school, I had two friends that were suffering from cancer. I would go and sing for them while they were in hospital, and I sang at their services after they passed.”

— Matthew Morrison

“There are so many stage actors on TV but you wouldn't know they were stage actors. And film and TV actors are going to the stage as well, so the crossover is great now.”

— Matthew Morrison

“This is the theater. And this is the best place for the imagination.”

— Matthew Morrison

I'm such a dude. I'm just like, 'All right, I have to get up in my monkey suit.' I'd rather be in jeans.

— Matthew Morrison

“I'm not comfortable with the idea of my sex appeal, but I know in my job I have to use it. I wish I could say I got to this point in my career based on my talent, but I don't think that's true.”

— Matthew Morrison