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" A big part of depression is feeling really lonely, even if you're in a room full of a million people. "
People
You
Depression
" After a long day at work, I want someone to come home, turn on my video and think, 'Oh my God, how girls get ready? This is hilarious. I love this; I'm forgetting about all my problems.' "
Love
Day
God
" A majority of my YouTube friends I've made because I made a trip down to California and literally tweeted them saying, 'Hey! Come over - let's shoot something!' And then two strangers will just meet up, talk, and shoot something. "
Saying
Friends
California
" Competition gives birth to a lot of success, and if no one ever challenged you, you wouldn't go anywhere. It makes sense to compete with others for a promotion at work. But so many women take it a step further and won't even support other women. They end up competing over things that don't make sense - like how we look. "
Step
Work
Women
" Every day, something new gets thrown at me, and I'm like, 'How did this happen?' I've gone through some of the craziest life experiences because of YouTube. "
Me
New
Day
" Everyone can relate to the story of fighting for happiness. "
Happiness
Fighting
Everyone
" Everyone's voice should be heard when it comes to racial barriers. "
Heard
Everyone
Barriers
" Everything I do with my day is related to Superwoman. I'm either doing conference calls or writing a script or reading a script, editing a video, shooting a video. "
Writing
Day
Doing
" For anyone aspiring to be anything, I would like them to realise dreams require work. So work big time. "
Dreams
Anything
Big
" Growing up, I idolised Madhuri Dixit. She's my favourite actress, and I used to pretend I was her all the time. "
Growing
Her
She
" Growing up, I was always creatively inclined, and when YouTube came about, it was like getting the perfect platform to showcase what I wanted. Personally, I was going through a dark phase in my life, and I decided to make videos and basically go by the adage, 'If you want to cheer up yourself, go cheer up someone else.' "
My Life
Growing Up
Life
" Happiness is the only thing worth fighting for in your life. "
Life
Happiness
Only
" Honestly, I just wear what makes me feel good. So many people come up to me, and they're like, 'Did you know you're a tomboy? You should try wearing dresses.' "
People
Feel Good
You
" I always say that when I first started, my videos were very veered towards Indian people. "
First
Say
Started
" I am absolutely terrified to move... I truly, truly believe that success lies outside of your comfort zone, and my house has been the greatest comfort zone for me. "
Comfort Zone
I Am
Believe
" I am not looking for a relationship right now. I have no interest in putting my time or effort into another person, nor do I need another person to put energy into me, OK? Because that's what granola bars are for. "
Time
Effort
Energy
" I am pretty weird - as weird as in my videos. The only difference is Lilly is not a performer, and Superwoman is. So Superwoman is very fearless. You'll never see her nervous. You'll never see her sad. But Lilly is a human. She is the person behind Superwoman, who gets sad and tired sometimes. "
Tired
Sad
You
" I can go to my premiere at the Chinese Theatre, and everyone will know me, and everyone will cater to me. And then I'll go to an audition and get rejected left, right and centre. They don't watch my videos, and they don't really know who I am. It is like starting from scratch when it comes to traditional Hollywood. "
Theatre
I Can
Know
" I don't know who came up with this idea that it's cool to hate on other girls, 'cause it's not. "
Hate
Cause
Know
" I don't say no as much as I should. I'm an extreme workaholic. So I can be sick, and I still say yes to anything. When you are the CEO of your own company, editor of your own videos, your own writer ,and you do every role yourself, you have a hard time saying no to opportunities. "
Saying
Opportunities
Yourself
" If you say, 'I don't want to offend anyone,' then don't get on stage. Just ask yourself, 'Do I think it is right? Do I think it is offensive? And do I think that everyone is okay to hear this? If I truly believe this, then I should go and do this.' "
Say
Think
Want
" If you want to make YouTube your career, you have to accept that it is also a business. I know everyone's like, 'It's my passion, it's my hobby.' And that's fine; I support that. But if you want to make it your career, it does have a business side. "
Support
Passion
Know
" I got into psychology simply because that's what my sister did, and I grew up in a family that was very, like, 'Follow your sister's footsteps.' I went to the same school she went to, did the same degree she did... really had no interest in it, to be honest. "
Family
She
Honest
" I just love what I do so much. "
Much
Just
Love
" I know one of the reasons I first started making Youtube videos was because no one looks like me. "
Me
Looks
Know
" I know the video platform so, so, so well. I know the perfect mixture of how comedic a piece has to be, what the video has to be like, what the song has to sound like, to make it successful. "
Perfect
Sound
Successful
" I like to describe my stuff as observational comedy. "
Like
Describe
Stuff
" I love wearing makeup! It's just that if you choose not to wear it, that's OK. And if you choose to wear it, that's OK as well. "
Well
Just
Choose
" I'm a Beyonce fan, and when I'm looking at her, I'll think 'Oh my God, her life is so awesome, and she made it.' "
Awesome
Life
She
" I'm actually not making fun of my real parents. I've taken stereotypical traits of my real parents, my aunts, my uncles and parents of every race and put them into these two characters, who are just over-the-top ridiculous and super-alpha parents about everything. "
Everything
Fun
Race
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