Colleen Ballinger

“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.”

“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.”

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

“I want to tell Miranda's story more broadly than what I have been in these five-minute videos on the Internet. She can live in a longer format.”

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

“When Miranda first started becoming popular, not many people knew who she was. People were confused by her. They thought she was a real person. I got a lot of interesting responses.”

“As much as I love L.A., I don't want to live in L.A. I feel very congested when I'm in the city.”

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

“Life isn't always wonderful.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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?”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“With 'Haters Back Off,' I'm creating something that I want to make, and I'm not focused on, 'Is this gonna trend, is this gonna be popular?' I'm just focused on telling the story.”

“There are a lot of people who don't respect what I do.”