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" It's fun to just be an awful human being. "

Colleen Ballinger

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" I watched a lot of old movies, and a lot of Carol Burnett and Andy Kaufman. "

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" 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. "

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" I always admired Netflix's business model; they are really good at what they do. "

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" On YouTube, I've stayed very limited with what I've been willing to share, so it's been very surface-level with Miranda. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I share more than most people probably do online. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I've always done YouTube myself: everything is written, edited, produced, and promoted by myself. "

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" 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. "

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" I really tried to take advantage of my 15 minutes of fame. And I've gotten lucky - those 15 minutes have become several years. "

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" 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! "

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" Miranda, my character, cannot sing, cannot act, and is really inappropriate. "

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" Miranda's this girl that everyone's just laughed at online for years. I want people to empathize with her. "

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" 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. "

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" Fans like to give me things they think Miranda would like. "

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" I love and enjoy vocal performance, but I also have a huge passion for comedy and improv. "

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" People didn't go on YouTube to get famous back when I started. "

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" 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. "

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" I've spent 10 years checking my analytics on my end to see what people were talking about and what they like. "

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" 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. "

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" 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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I am obsessed with my viewers. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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