“I have a whole new perspective on pregnancy and motherhood now that I’m experiencing it. Just because it’s so hard and so confusing and so exciting. Women are so amazing that their bodies can do this and that they’re strong enough to do this. I can’t believe almost every woman goes through this, because it’s so hard.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“Nobody knows what goes on behind the scenes with a YouTuber.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I love music, and playing ukulele and singing makes me really happy.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“Clowns are meant to make people smile. That’s my goal.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I’ve always done YouTube myself: everything is written, edited, produced, and promoted by myself.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I would do whatever the haters said they didn’t like. They’d say, ‘I don’t like your lipstick,’ so I’d put on more.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I hope that memes jump out of our computers in the future.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I always admired Netflix’s business model; they are really good at what they do.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I think we all have a little crazy in us.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I try my hardest with my live show and YouTube to make it appealing to all ages.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I got a lot of hate mail, and that’s where the term ‘haters back off’ came from because I got all this hate.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I’m very open with my life, and I don’t regret it because it’s what got me here.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I don’t regret anything I’ve put out there.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I travel a lot for work and have people waiting outside my hotel or call my room constantly or show up at whatever restaurant I’m eating at because I Snapchatted. It is a little terrifying.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“As a vocal performance major, I went to school with a lot of singers who were cocky and not very nice.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I love and enjoy vocal performance, but I also have a huge passion for comedy and improv.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I feel so lucky to have the career that I have. I can travel the world and be a goofball and make people laugh.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“Whenever a hater said they hated something about Miranda, I’d do it more.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“My audience is like my family at this point.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“The only reason I have any success at all in my career is because of the Internet.”
― 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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“It fascinated me, these kids who would sit in their living room or bedroom or kitchen and sing to the camera and act out the song fully as though they were onstage. Because a lot of musical theater kids… do that alone in your bedroom when you’re a kid. But for someone to go and put that online? That’s just so embarrassing!”
― Colleen Ballinger
“Anyone can sing badly, but to sing badly on purpose and make it believable is harder. I listen for the actual melody in my head but sing right underneath or above it out loud. It takes a lot of concentration.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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?”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“For me, Miranda has always been a much deeper character than the three-minute videos I put online.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I started out poking fun at this YouTube thing.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I trained to sing well, but now I sing poorly for a living. That was money well spent.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I’ve been singing since I was a little girl.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I’m pretty sure I don’t want a camera in my face when I am in labor.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“People didn’t go on YouTube to get famous back when I started.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“My fans have been so sweet and supportive.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I’m the luckiest girl in the world.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“Miranda, my character, cannot sing, cannot act, and is really inappropriate.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I’ve spent 10 years checking my analytics on my end to see what people were talking about and what they like.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“Fans like to give me things they think Miranda would like.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“On YouTube, I’ve stayed very limited with what I’ve been willing to share, so it’s been very surface-level with Miranda.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“The things that I gravitate toward in film and TV are things that make me laugh but then break my heart.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“There are a lot of people who don’t respect what I do.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“Miranda’s this girl that everyone’s just laughed at online for years. I want people to empathize with her.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“The thing I needed to learn about Miranda was where her motivation comes from when she gets upset. There’s been a few times where Miranda’s a brat or crying online, and it seems very surface level, and I think that I needed to learn where her insecurities came from, because online she just comes across as kind of bratty.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I watched a lot of old movies, and a lot of Carol Burnett and Andy Kaufman.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I think for me, the best comedy comes from when something feels real and genuine, so even though Miranda is this wacky character, there is a real vulnerability to her that we finally get to show in ‘Haters Back Off,’ and I think that’s what makes this comedy rich and more fulfilling, at least for me.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I really tried to take advantage of my 15 minutes of fame. And I’ve gotten lucky – those 15 minutes have become several years.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“It’s been hard being on the Internet and not being respected by people in Hollywood.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“Miranda was built by her haters.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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?”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I share more than most people probably do online.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I chose to share my life online, so I can’t really complain about it. There’s not much that’s off limits.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“Life isn’t always wonderful.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I am obsessed with my viewers.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“My fans are my family. I love them so much.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“Miranda is confidently untalented at singing. Very off-putting. Shrill. But she thinks she’s wonderful, so power to her.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“In the beginning, people watched me to hate on me. They thought Miranda was a real person. People just couldn’t understand why this strange girl was so confident. And then slowly, I started getting fans.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“It’s fun to just be an awful human being.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“Even before I was in New York, I couldn’t even count how many places I lived in L.A. Definitely over 10.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“Miranda’s my character; I created her! But there’s a lot of comedy I want to bring to the world that isn’t just Miranda.”
― Colleen Ballinger
“I’ve seen every episode of ‘Seinfeld.’”
― Colleen Ballinger
“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.”
― Colleen Ballinger
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