Melissa Benoist

I have a very optimistic view of my future right now. I'm very excited to see where it goes, but I try not to make plans just because I know how unpredictable life can be. Especially the life of an actor, and especially the life of an actor on 'Glee.' I just want to be happy and healthy and surrounded by people I love, as cheesy as it sounds.

My life day in and day out is accessing my emotions and bringing them to the forefront.

I've essentially done theater for more of my life than I've done television or film, and it's really something I feel I know better.

Life doesn't have to be as hard as we make it for ourselves a lot of the time.

Living out a story eight times a week is difficult and draining emotionally but very fulfilling.

It's lucky that my life outside of work is so mellow; I'm really a homebody and a hermit, so I don't have to worry about blowing my voice out.

At school, when it came to being social, I had no idea how to do it.

Jealousy is a human emotion, regardless of whether you're a Branch Davidian or you're whomever, outside in society.

Every day, I just thank the universe that I am as lucky as I am. Because, I went through periods of time when I didn't have a single bit of work. Months and months where I was auditioning all the time. I mean, all the time, and nothing was happening.

It's so easy to flourish a moment with a cape.

I was such a wallflower in high school. I did a lot of extracurricular theatre shows, but at school, I spent a lot of time by myself. I ate lunch by myself, and I was always okay with it. But I was definitely made fun of, and I always felt like an outsider.

I learned the process of this kind of acting, how things run, how chaotic it can be, and what kind of different muscles you have to flex.