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‘Glee’ star Chris Colfer has come forward about his experiences as a victim of childhood bullying … and how he used them to motivate himself to become the successful writer/actor he is today.
He explains:
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“I was harassed at school every day, called ‘faggot’, I had things taped to my back. For most of my adolescence I was in my bedroom writing or watching things I shouldn’t be watching on TV, like Nip/Tuck. And I was obsessed with superheroes. I had this thing where I wanted to be rescued. The other kids wanted to be Superman, but I thought Lois Lane kind of had the best deal. I’ve written another movie, this time definitely R-rated about a 1930s asylum. Oh, and my agent asked me to adapt this children’s book into a feature for Disney. I wrote that one in a weekend. Yeah – a 90-page screenplay in two days. It was insane.”
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His first children’s book, The Land of Stories; The Wishing Well will be available in bookstores nationwide in one week.
