Quotes from Colleen Ballinger

The things that I gravitate toward in film and TV are things that make me laugh but then break my heart.

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.

Whenever a hater said they hated something about Miranda, I'd do it more.

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.

I would do whatever the haters said they didn't like. They'd say, 'I don't like your lipstick,' so I'd put on more.

I got a lot of hate mail, and that's where the term 'haters back off' came from because I got all this hate.

Miranda was built by her haters.

I'm very open with my life, and I don't regret it because it's what got me here.

I don't regret anything I've put out there.

People ask me if I'm worried that I'm going to be stuck in Miranda forever. I'm not, because how could I complain about what I've been given?

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

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.

I trained to sing well, but now I sing poorly for a living. That was money well spent.

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.

With 'Haters Back Off,' I'm creating something that I want to make, and I'm not focused on, 'Is this gonna trend, is this gonna be popular?' I'm just focused on telling the story.

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.

Clowns are meant to make people smile. That's my goal.

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

I'm pretty sure I don't want a camera in my face when I am in labor.

I started out poking fun at this YouTube thing.

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

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

I try my hardest with my live show and YouTube to make it appealing to all ages.

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