Matthew Morrison quotes:

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

It's pretty amazing being me.

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

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.

I love London and British women.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

I wouldnt be where I am today without the amazing public arts education that I had.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

I dont think anyone can get away from high school unscathed.

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

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.

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.

You dont want to play a perfect person; no one cares about that.

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