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" A lot of the education that I got at Michigan State I still use to this very day. "
Tyler Oakley
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" With everything that I've done with YouTube and podcasts for so many years, it's been: you can record it, edit, and then upload that day. With the book and documentary, it's been such a longer process. "
Tyler Oakley
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Book
Day
" I think social media has amplified a lot of voices that maybe traditional media hasn't perfectly portrayed. "
Tyler Oakley
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Social Media
Lot
" For any YouTuber, if you're too nervous to have somebody else document, it may be that what you're putting out there isn't authentic. "
Tyler Oakley
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May
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" When it came to 'Binge,' it wasn't my intention to get on a little soapbox and have a teaching moment. It was more, 'Here are things that have happened to me; here's what I've learned from it. If you'd like to learn from it too, great; if you just like the entertainment aspect, that's fine too.' "
Tyler Oakley
Great
Intention
Learn
" When I graduated from college, I got a 9-to-5 traditional job doing social media for a company, and I'd spend all day long fighting with the system of getting things approved and the fact that social media has such a quick turnaround. Things had to be very reactive and instant. "
Tyler Oakley
Day
Job
Media
" When I first thought about leaving the traditional route of a 9-to-5 career to pursue full-time YouTube, it was terrifying - not many people were doing it. The thought was I have to have money saved up, because this very likely might fail. From the start, I had to give it my all for it to work. "
Tyler Oakley
People
Work
Thought
" I'm a genuine lover of music. I've always watched the Grammys from home. "
Tyler Oakley
Music
Home
Genuine
" I found a vlogger named William Sledd who talked about his life - it was very minimal edits. It was one of those things where I discovered him, and I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm obsessed with him.' I felt like I was friends with him. And he was a huge inspiration for why I made my first video. "
Tyler Oakley
Inspiration
God
Why
" You don't go to your 9 to 5 and share every story with your coworkers, and in the same way, not every YouTuber shares every story with their audience. "
Tyler Oakley
Story
Way
Same
" I knew I could make a living doing my own videos instead of making them for someone else. "
Tyler Oakley
Own
Someone
Doing
" In 2016, one of the things I really hope to do is discover new talent and help develop it. Take what I've learned and what I can do and help amplify those voices. "
Tyler Oakley
Things
Help
Hope
" Narcissism has existed for a long time; social media is just a new outlet to express it. Anybody who is going to record themselves and put that on the Internet, hoping people will watch, there is a degree to which that exists, yeah. I don't know if I would call myself a narcissist. I don't necessarily identify with that label. "
Tyler Oakley
Time
Myself
Long
" A lot of YouTubers get that mainstream celebrity, they get these big deals, maybe a book deal or a TV deal or whatever it is they aspired to do, and they kind of abandon ship on what got them to that point. "
Tyler Oakley
Book
Ship
Point
" I was recording my audiobook, and it's so weird. You write things, but then to have to say them out loud in front of people feels so different. So when I was recording my audiobook, I was telling an embarrassing story in front of, like, a room full of audio-tech people that I don't know, and I was like 'Oh my God, this is so cringe.' "
Tyler Oakley
You
God
Know
" I could pick a favorite YouTuber, maybe I would say GloZell. "
Tyler Oakley
Say
Would
Could
" I used to joke that I wanted to go to the moon, but I actually do. Like, some day I think I'm going to go to the moon. That would be cool. "
Tyler Oakley
Day
Go
Like
" Look, nobody is born with a sociology degree, and no one can understand all perspectives. Nobody's going to get it all from the very start. But the Internet at least allows everyone to hear these perspectives at a much faster rate than if we had to do it without it. "
Tyler Oakley
Nobody
Internet
Born
" There's something about YouTube, where you're not being anybody but yourself. You have the opportunity to start as yourself from the very beginning. From the very first video, you choose what you say, and you choose what's right and wrong for your presentation of yourself. "
Tyler Oakley
Start
Opportunity
Beginning
" In creating my YouTube videos, I don't want to speak for my audience and the people I represent; I want to amplify their voices. "
Tyler Oakley
Speak
Audience
Creating
" Even if I never registered my YouTube channel with the intention of being a role model, if I am that for somebody, I can't help it. So I need to be conscious of it and realize that influence can be used for good or bad, and just try to do my best. "
Tyler Oakley
Good
Bad
I Am
" I really like Nick Jonas. I think he is super-cute, handsome and talented. "
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Like
Talented
Think
" Since the beginning, I have always tried to just be me. There have been moments in my career as a YouTuber where I've recognized that I'm trying to emulate something else, or I'm being heavily influenced by a YouTuber or something like that, and I realize that's not what I want to be putting out. "
Tyler Oakley
Me
Career
Beginning
" The moment I realised anyone could be watching - and this is going to sound so name-droppy - was when Ricky Martin reached out to me on Coming Out Day 2012. The Internet has this massive potential, and you can never know the effect you might have on others by just being yourself. "
Tyler Oakley
Yourself
Internet
Day
" My one guilty pleasure is, every airport, I will drop everything to get an airport massage at those kiosks. "
Tyler Oakley
Pleasure
Everything
Guilty
" There are so many voices on YouTube, and there are incredible creators that are popular for a reason. And although it's great to be inspired by them, nobody is going to subscribe to a second-rate version of them. It's really important to put your best foot forward and be your best self because you will always be the number one version of you. "
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Best
You
Forward
" All the money that's donated to the Trevor Project provides resources that directly affect the youth that actually watch my videos. It's a cool thing to see them basically provide resources for each other. "
Tyler Oakley
Watch
Money
Project
" YouTube has always been a diary for me. I'm here to share what I do, share my life, and if people want to watch, more power to them. But regardless of my intention, if people are looking at what I do and am treating it like I'm a role model, it doesn't matter whether or not I want to be. "
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Looking
Life
Power
" 2015 was, like, packed from January. 2016 is simultaneously open and packed - but I'm trying to keep 2016 open as possible so I can do weird, crazy, kooky stuff. "
Tyler Oakley
Trying
Crazy
I Can
" People just want to watch people live their authentic lives and share the good and the bad. You can have fun and be a positive influence and have a good impact. And it can still be entertaining. "
Tyler Oakley
Have Fun
Live
People
" I think a lot of what I wanted to do in 2014 was build a repertoire or a portfolio for what I can do with traditional celebrities or with brands or whatever. Maybe 2015 is the year I start reaching out to people I always dreamed to do stuff with. "
Tyler Oakley
People
I Can
Think