Darren Criss Quotes

The first time you do anything, people always take a minute to try to figure it out, but once you witness it in person, the word starts to spread and it gains momentum year after year.

People fall in love with a person, not a gender or an age.

Buy my album because... it's the kind of music you can be friends with. And it's the only way that *pause* aliens won't come to Earth and destroy us. I am sure of this.

The power of a smile goes a long way. My mom taught me that.

I'm this goofball. I look at myself in the mirror, and the person that I know doesn't match up to what I think people love to perceive me as.

I remember seeing Aladdin when I was five or six and loving it. I looked at the big screen and said to my mum, Whatever this Genie guy does, I want to do. Mum said I couldnt be a genie, but that Robin Williams, who did the voice-over in the film, was an actor. So I said, OK, then, I want to be an actor.

I’m super annoying, I’m the kind of guy that if there’s no recycling bins around I hoard plastic bottles, put them in my bag and I bring them home. If I can afford it I want to put solar panels in.

There's nothing more badass than being who you are.

Glee is more then just a show now. It's become a wonderful culture celebrating the underdog and glorifying individuality.

I mean, part of me would love to be a fat tenured professor of theater someday.

I have an unabashed adoration of cheesy pop music.

Never let what is popular actually define your taste or interests.

It’s been a secret too long, but I’m actually a straight male.

I never let my politics supersede my manners.

I would be the worst president in the history of the United States. Unless you want the apocalypse to happen really soon then yes, I'll run for president.

I like orange and blue together, but I would never wear them.

I know. I'm Darren. I don't know what I'm doing here.

My biggest fear? My biggest fear would be turning into an inanimate object.

I'm always just waiting for someone to cut me off; I'm a chatty guy.

I mean, come on, Beyonce's the queen of pop music. She's the queen. If you could run for queen... I would put her name in the suggestion box. She's incredible.

That which makes you different is what makes you strong. Whether you're gay, straight, purple, orange, dinosaur; I don't care.

I'm on cloud nine.. i wouldn't even say cloud nine... more like cloud ten... cloud nine was old news.

Broadway is not just the song and the shows; it's the individual performers and the community.

Be nice people, cause nobody likes an asshole.

Please don't kill me, I'm nice.

I want people to know that there is nothing more badass than being yourself.

Guys I’m kind of nutty, but you have to understand that that’s all just me being myself.

Hope for everything, expect nothing.

There's not a damn thing that I do on my own that's not for my fans or for people that have supported me. So, I don't really care about my agenda, I wanna be on yours.

I don't take breaks, man, I'm always doing something.

My name's Darren. I'm a musician, part time idiot. That's a full time job actually.

Yeah, there has been alot of changes in my life since I started glee...I bought a new sweater.

I always shoot for the moon in my work, so that I'm happy when I land on the roof.

I'm in a real minority as far as having really supportive parents in regards to the arts. They never batted an eye as far as not letting me do that stuff. That's invaluable. I can't believe how unabashedly supportive they were about everything, between music and acting.

I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs.

I've been lucky enough to work with the amazing Golden Globe Award winning Chris Colfer and that is fantastic. I get to work with him on a day-to-day basis and he is such a generous talent. Chris and I like to play. He always throws me things and I ping them back to him and it's really fun. We definitely have a very lovely rapport personally - I think on screen too - and I hope you can see that in the characters.

As a composer and as a musician I'm a true believer - and this is not to be overly diplomatic - I'm a believer that there's artistry in everything from a lawn gnome to a desk chair to a symphony to an Andy Warhol painting. There's art in absolutely everything.

I'm ambitious in the sense that I raise the bar high for myself.

Sometimes I pretend to be an octopus. But then people are like ‘Darren what’re you doing?’ And I just sit there and laugh because they’re not cool enough to be an octopus and I’m just like ‘Hah you’re just jealous because you’re not an octopus.’

I was consumed by my love for Chris Colfer, and I just couldn't hold it in any longer.

No matter how much we're on our phones, going to the show is the goal - you look at things online and watch videos and read blogs and comment, all so that you can go in person and see it yourself, and meet these people in real life, and then so you can go home and talk about it again on your screen.

Im like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, Im still going to be asking for more time two days before its due.

I've always been the annoying kid who sang.

No matter what, I will always prefer a live performance. Whether it be a play or a musical, or playing music live. As long as it's live, it's the best because there's sort of an immediacy to connection between an audience and a performer, whereas where you do film or television, you're at the whim of so many different forces.

I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If I like it, I don't feel guilty about it

As a musician, I hear the harmonic value of everything - I just enjoy music.

Fashion is about owning whatever you're wearing, regardless of if it's a high fashion statement or not.

I never thought I would meet Mariah Carey, but I really never thought I'd be introduced to her by Whitney Houston. She's like, "Hey, baby, this is Mariah." I'm like, "I know. I'm Darren. I don't know what I'm doing here."