My mother's side of the family is Methodist, which is how I was raised. It was conservative in that I had strong values - sitting down and eating with the family every day, listening to authority and going to church every week and having perfect attendance at Sunday school.

We didn't have a glee club at my school. It depends on what area of the States you're from. It's more in the Midwest.

At the end of the day, the end of the movie is sort of ambiguous - it's whatever you want it to be.

Just follow your joy. Always. I think that if you do that, life will take you on the course that it's meant to take you.

Musical auditions are always the worst because you have to sing and act, and that's so stressful.

My mother's side of the family is Methodist, which is how I was raised. It was conservative in that I had strong values - sitting down and eating with the family every day, listening to authority and going to church every week and having perfect attendance at Sunday school.

But at the same time, my parents always encouraged my brother and me to be happy with what we were doing. My parents were athletes in high school; my mom and my dad were the stars of the basketball team, but they never pushed my brother and me to be anything we didn't want to be.