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

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

All my aunts in the Phillipines, they look at me and say 'Darreeeeeen! You so thin! Eat!'

I think people love to attach themselves to the idea of an overnight success. That may be true about me.

I’ve always loved fairytales, and I’ve loved the concept of, um, some of the best parts of a lot of stories are the beginning.

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

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.