I might not have won 'Drag Race,' but I won the Internet.
I was pretty familiar with TikTok: I always thought its videos would be ironically hilarious. When I became a trending topic on there, it was a crazy moment for me. A lot of people will try to downplay it, but I saw it as something bigger.
My fans were the ones who discovered me on YouTube. I don't ever want to forget that.
With the Internet, you can be easily exposed and disposed. You can create some viral video, the biggest thing ever, and then four weeks later, no one remembers your name.
I always wanted to be a Vine star. I wasn't, thank God.
I want to be one of the biggest social media stars ever to become an actor.
When I put that first Vine out, I was just doing it for fun; there was no wanting to become an artist.
Every single day, I get asked by people to do 'the face,' so I'm bringing it along with me now for the rest of my life.
Getting to say that I'm famous on YouTube is fun.
My career was exploding at the same time that social media itself was expanding. But when my online videos were taking off, I didn't think, 'Oh, great! I'm going to be able to parlay this into a career!' I just wanted to be a comedian. I just wanted to perform live.
YouTube did more for me than 'America's Got Talent.'
Most of my stuff hasn't gone viral. I have been successful on YouTube and I'm very proud of the stuff that I've done, but compared to the people who are actual internet stars and making a living off of it, my views are nothing.
I think they called me the closest thing to a God of the Internet.
One of the biggest things that happened for me was YouTube.
Before I was even famous, I was famous on Facebook.
I make funny videos. I hate saying I'm a comedian because then people stick their finger in your face and demand you tell a joke. But the other thing people call me is 'a YouTube sensation,' which is even worse.
These days, everyone is a writer, producer and movie star. You post something on the web, get enough hits, and suddenly you have TV show.
People didn't go on YouTube to get famous back when I started.
You've just had the most imponderable joy of watching charlieissocoollike, which makes you, like, cool.
When I started on YouTube, no one talked about getting famous on the Internet or getting discovered on YouTube. I didn't even know it was a possibility.
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.
The supporters choose what they like, and they chose that they like Big Shaq 'Mans Not Hot.'
I think Jake Paul doesn't know who I am.
Gone are the days when every successful creator got their own New York Times profile. Nowadays, professional Internet creator is just another job.
I think my issues with the Internet surround people who become 'overnight celebrities.' It's like, really? You put something on YouTube, and they Auto-Tuned it, and now you're a star, and you have a TV show, and you have a record deal.
