Lea Michele leans into Cory Monteith in this new shot from the December 2010 issue of Teen Vogue magazine.

The Glee costars opened up to the mag about how they got started, the ‘key incidents’ and how they’re staying out of the bad side of the public eye. Check out some highlights below:

Lea on going from Broadway to the small screen: “I didn’t think there’d ever be a part that was fitting for someone who looked like me, who acted like me. I was just stepping away from Broadway for a few months, and then Glee came around. And it’s really opened my eyes to this world of film and television and made me realize that maybe there’s a place for me.”

Cory on his remedy for staying out of the tabloids: “I see the people in the tabloids, the ones that get bad press, who have kind of gone off the edge, and I try to study them so that I don’t do that. It seems like they lost focus at some point—that’s the one thing they all have in common. The beauty of this show is that it’s impossible for us to do that. We work 24/7/365. And I love it.”

For more of Cory and Lea‘s Q&A, check out TeenVogue.com!