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" I recently caught myself giving a pretty girl the cold shoulder because I felt intimidated. She was so gorgeous, and it made me feel insecure. I wasn't even aware until someone pointed it out to me. I was so embarrassed! I recognized those thoughts and made a point to be more friendly to her because there was no reason to be cold. "

Lilly Singh

Myself

She

Thoughts

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Lilly Singh

Precious

Mother

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Over

Energy

" Sometimes I'm having conversations with my friends, and I feel like they can't relate to me anymore. I'm like, 'Oh, my God, let me tell you about my experience on 'Fallon'!' And they'll be like, 'Oh, my God, let me tell you about my trip to the mall!' It sometimes feels lonely. "

Lilly Singh

Lonely

Experience

" I still make videos in my bedroom by choice because that's the feel of my comedy, but the opportunity to make longer format content with a production company, with a team that's a bit more elevated in that sense, is really exciting for me because it's not that it's better than what I've already been doing, but it's different. "

Lilly Singh

Choice

Opportunity

" I know one of the reasons I first started making Youtube videos was because no one looks like me. "

Lilly Singh

Looks

Know

" When I first started, all the media I ever got was, 'Hey! There's this Indian girl. And even though she is Indian, she gets views and stuff.' "

" My job requires me to always be on. I'm always getting my makeup done for a shoot. "

Lilly Singh

Makeup

Shoot

" I think why my content does so well with so many different types of people is because it speaks to everyone. I'll make a Soca music reference, I'll use a Tamil word, I'll do a Jamaican Patois accent. I know about all these people, and I'm not afraid to indulge in their culture. "