Tyler Oakley Quotes
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I knew I could make a living doing my own videos instead of making them for someone else.
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To me, what's really an important difference between traditional entertainment and digital - on YouTube specifically - is that people thrive when they're authentic about themselves.
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A lot of the education that I got at Michigan State I still use to this very day.
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I initially thought I was going to be a teacher. Maybe like an elementary teacher or something like that, which would be fun. Maybe someday.
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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.
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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.
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I think social media has amplified a lot of voices that maybe traditional media hasn't perfectly portrayed.
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I hope to introduce my audience to who I think is the next class of YouTuber.