PR.com (Allison Kugel): I heard that Glee is actually your very first acting job.

Chris Colfer: Yeah, first job, period. Though I did work at a dry cleaners during summers in high school.

PR.com: How did you find out about the audition for Glee?

Chris Colfer: I was living in Clovis, California which is about a four hour drive from LA. I had an agent in LA and once a month she would send me out on an audition, maybe twice a month if I was lucky. I would go back and forth [a lot]. I did that for about four years before I got the audition for Glee.

PR.com: When you first got cast and when you were shooting the pilot episode, did you think a sit-com musical would ever find an audience and be successful?

Chris Colfer: I think that when I first got the script and when I was given the audition I instantly fell in love with the script, because for one, it was funny. And two, I was the audience that I think it was targeting. It was about a bunch of theatre geeks, and that’s exactly who I was in high school. So I definitely knew there was an audience for it, because I was part of that audience. And then I think while we were filming it was such a joyous, fun experience and we certainly all hoped that would come through when people were watching. It’s such a happy, upbeat show that I think it came at the perfect time.

PR.com: When fans of Glee stop you on the street what do they ask you most about the show and about your character Kurt? What do you constantly hear?

Chris Colfer: Usually it’s “Is that your real voice?” I’m never quite sure if they mean the singing voice or just my high pitched speaking voice that I was cursed with (laughs). I say “Yes,” but I’m never sure what question I’m answering. Sometimes it’s not a question. It’s just “I loved Single Ladies,” or “I loved Defying Gravity.” And sometimes it’s, “I love your character,” or “I am your character.” It’s kind of interesting that now when people hear Single Ladies, a song about a woman having relationship trouble because her boyfriend won’t commit, they think of me. It’s a little strange.

PR.com: (Laughs). When you do your solo numbers do you pre-record the song and then lip sync to a playback of it when shooting a scene, or do you sing live during filming?

Chris Colfer: We go to the recording studio first where we sing and record it. Then while we’re filming we lip sync to our track. But lip syncing is really, really hard for all of us. We end up just singing it anyway, and sometimes they’ll use [the version] of us on the set singing.

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