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>> i don't think i'll ever be able to have a proper conversation with her. >> too nervous. >> yeah. >> is she like an iconic figure for you? >> she's actually one of the first people in my generation whose music i liked. everyone before her i didn't care for too much, like growing up. there wasn't much to choose from. she's the first person i've connected oher music and have liked it. >> you recently went to the white house correspondents dinner. there you are at one of the top tables. i'm always curious about the reality. when you meet, for example, the right-wing politicians or commentators,...

Like, i'm chris! he probably thought i was some mickey mouse impersonator. >> does he know you? >> i think his daughters did. i think he's a little busy to watch "glee." >> he didn't say he watched it religiously. >> he didn't say i watched you in "single ladies." i was praying i got that but no. >> what's the most excited you've been to meet anyone apart from the president? >> i loved meeting oprah because, i mean, who would snnt. >> what was she like with you? >> great. great. very welcoming and gave everyone hugs and friendly and awesome. i've got on the meet a lot of my heroes. >> i bet yo...

>> who wouldn't want to be? are you kidding? if you don't want to be oprah winfrey, there's something wrong with you. >> funny enough, i do get. lady gaga -- >> no, she was never, like, a -- she's very inspirational for my character but never -- i don't know. there wasn't really -- i didn't have a hero growing up, unfortunately. >> did you want to be an actor? >> yes. i remember when i was 3 years old and watching a movie, the title of which escapes me, and i remember the credits came on and asked my mom why it was over. and i just desperately wanted to be on the other side of it and, you know...

Because obviously that speech you made applied, as you said, to all kids being bullied out there. what is that feeling like for someone who's never been through it? how did it make you feel? >> i was just embarrassed because i'd walk by people i barely knew in the hallway and they would just scream profanities at me that i didn't think were true at the time and of course everyone else in the hallway would laugh. of course i had amazing legendary comebacks but it's embarrassing and uncalled for, especially when they don't know you and you don't know them. and i was a really, really good kid. i ...

A day tapings and -- because we really are working constantly. >> do you now get time off or what happens? >> no, no. we -- on our hiatus we get, we go on a music tour. i mean, it's an amazing, amazing thing to be a part of. but it's a lot of work. >> and you also are doing a movie. >> yes. >> how are you going to fit that in? >> well, the tour ends on july 5th or 4th, i believe, and as soon as it's over i'm literally going straight to a plane and flying to a set in l.a. >> and then back into "glee." >> yes. >> do you get any time off at all? >> no, but that's self-inflicted. >> even a day? >>...