Colleen Ballinger Quotes

The process of getting into Miranda mode is simply making sure I’m as gross as possible. I make sure I’m wearing funky clothes and a lot of lipstick, and I’m good to go.

A lot of people think most YouTubers are just untalented kids who film themselves for four minutes, and that’s all they do for their week.

I try my hardest with my live show and YouTube to make it appealing to all ages.

People ask me if I’m worried that I’m going to be stuck in Miranda forever. I’m not, because how could I complain about what I’ve been given?

Nobody knows what goes on behind the scenes with a YouTuber.

I couldn’t comprehend why someone would film themselves alone in their bedroom and put it online. I thought that was so bizarre. Now I can’t imagine not putting my life online and talking to a camera alone in my bedroom; it’s become my life.

Life isn’t always wonderful.

My brain is a pretty intense, wacky place, and that’s kind of where Miranda lives. But that’s why I like the rest of my life and my stuff to be more clean, white, and simple without a lot of clutter.

People didn’t go on YouTube to get famous back when I started.

I am obsessed with my viewers.

I love every Netflix original series, because they’re so creative and different, and they really believe in trusting the creators of these shows and in their vision and passion.

I really tried to take advantage of my 15 minutes of fame. And I’ve gotten lucky – those 15 minutes have become several years.

There are a lot of people who don’t respect what I do.

To have the ability to look back on the problems that weren’t big problems after all is something I think we can all learn from.

My favorite movies were ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ and stuff that had a more classic comedy type feel, that more slapsticky stuff. It’s the comedy I’ve gravitated towards.

My fans have been so sweet and supportive.

Fans like to give me things they think Miranda would like.

I have a lot of photos of my grandparents – they’re my heroes, even though they’ve passed away. They were always happy, positive, loving to everyone they met, and a huge inspiration to me and the reason I do what I do.

Clowns are meant to make people smile. That’s my goal.

I watched a lot of old movies, and a lot of Carol Burnett and Andy Kaufman.

I’m always so terrified that tomorrow no one will watch me anymore or care anymore. Every day, I say that I can’t believe this is happening. It’s so crazy. Because of that, it makes me work so hard every single day.

My fans are my family. I love them so much.

When I was in college and reading music and doing ear training, I was a little more advanced than the other people in my choir classes. So to entertain myself and kind of annoy the friends around me, I would sing just under the pitch or just above the pitch.

I have always wanted to tell Miranda’s backstory. To me, it’s so fascinating that as a YouTuber, everyone knows what we show them. No one knows what goes on when the cameras are off. I always thought, what would Miranda do in her time off?

I feel so lucky to have the career that I have. I can travel the world and be a goofball and make people laugh.

I have no hard feelings towards Disneyland. I love Disneyland so much. I want to go every day. I loved every single day that I worked there.

I love music, and playing ukulele and singing makes me really happy.

Everything was based on my life and the way I grew up. Some of the bits I’m most proud of in ‘Haters Back Off’ actually happened.

Miranda is extremely tacky. I personally want to edit my videos well, but I have to keep Miranda’s character in mind, so there are bad angles, flashy cuts, and sparkles everywhere.

My audience is like my family at this point.

I chose to share my life online, so I can’t really complain about it. There’s not much that’s off limits.

Miranda’s this girl that everyone’s just laughed at online for years. I want people to empathize with her.

The only reason I have any success at all in my career is because of the Internet.

For me, Miranda has always been a much deeper character than the three-minute videos I put online.

I definitely think we’re living in a world or generation where we need constant gratification and adoration with Instagram and likes, and we base everything on attention.

Whenever a hater said they hated something about Miranda, I’d do it more.

Miranda is confidently untalented at singing. Very off-putting. Shrill. But she thinks she’s wonderful, so power to her.

It’s been hard being on the Internet and not being respected by people in Hollywood.

I started out poking fun at this YouTube thing.

I’ve been singing since I was a little girl.

Oftentimes, when I’m trying to get inspired, I’ll find myself just staring at the wall and let the fans inspire me to get creative.

Getting onstage and trying out all of my material and what works well with audiences and what doesn’t, what works well in different atmospheres, has been the best training.

I always admired Netflix’s business model; they are really good at what they do.

I’ve seen every episode of ‘Seinfeld.’

I’ve spent 10 years checking my analytics on my end to see what people were talking about and what they like.

I’m the luckiest girl in the world.

I love and enjoy vocal performance, but I also have a huge passion for comedy and improv.

I got a lot of hate mail, and that’s where the term ‘haters back off’ came from because I got all this hate.

How it works: it’s like I have a tour, so there’s, you know, some income from that. We have merchandise. There’s income from that. Then on YouTube, there’s ad revenue… so, you know, YouTube puts ads on the videos, and we need a little bit of that.

I think we all have a little crazy in us.

I’m very open with my life, and I don’t regret it because it’s what got me here.

I’ve always been very open and very honest with my fans. I want them to know that I’m genuine, and I am who I am, and I’m not faking it for the camera.

Miranda, my character, cannot sing, cannot act, and is really inappropriate.

As a vocal performance major, I went to school with a lot of singers who were cocky and not very nice.

The fact that I went from making a minute-and-a-half video in my bedroom to doing an hour-and-a-half live show is just crazy.