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I am obsessed with my viewers.
Miranda was built by her haters.
I'm the luckiest girl in the world.
I've seen every episode of 'Seinfeld.'
It's fun to just be an awful human being.
My fans have been so sweet and supportive.
I don't regret anything I've put out there.
I've been singing since I was a little girl.
I started out poking fun at this YouTube thing.
I hope that memes jump out of our computers in the future.
Fans like to give me things they think Miranda would like.
Nobody knows what goes on behind the scenes with a YouTuber.
People didn't go on YouTube to get famous back when I started.
I love music, and playing ukulele and singing makes me really happy.
I'm pretty sure I don't want a camera in my face when I am in labor.
Whenever a hater said they hated something about Miranda, I'd do it more.
I watched a lot of old movies, and a lot of Carol Burnett and Andy Kaufman.
Miranda, my character, cannot sing, cannot act, and is really inappropriate.
I try my hardest with my live show and YouTube to make it appealing to all ages.
I'm very open with my life, and I don't regret it because it's what got me here.
I always admired Netflix's business model; they are really good at what they do.
I trained to sing well, but now I sing poorly for a living. That was money well spent.
I love and enjoy vocal performance, but I also have a huge passion for comedy and improv.
I've always done YouTube myself: everything is written, edited, produced, and promoted by myself.
For me, Miranda has always been a much deeper character than the three-minute videos I put online.
As a vocal performance major, I went to school with a lot of singers who were cocky and not very nice.
The things that I gravitate toward in film and TV are things that make me laugh but then break my heart.
Even before I was in New York, I couldn't even count how many places I lived in L.A. Definitely over 10.
I chose to share my life online, so I can't really complain about it. There's not much that's off limits.
Miranda's this girl that everyone's just laughed at online for years. I want people to empathize with her.
I got a lot of hate mail, and that's where the term 'haters back off' came from because I got all this hate.
I've spent 10 years checking my analytics on my end to see what people were talking about and what they like.
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.
Miranda is confidently untalented at singing. Very off-putting. Shrill. But she thinks she's wonderful, so power to her.
On YouTube, I've stayed very limited with what I've been willing to share, so it's been very surface-level with Miranda.
The fact that I went from making a minute-and-a-half video in my bedroom to doing an hour-and-a-half live show is just crazy.
I really tried to take advantage of my 15 minutes of fame. And I've gotten lucky - those 15 minutes have become several years.
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.
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.
Oftentimes, when I'm trying to get inspired, I'll find myself just staring at the wall and let the fans inspire me to get creative.
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.
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?
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.
I've always been very open and very honest with my fans. I want them to know that I'm genuine, and I am who I am, and I'm not faking it for the camera.
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.
The process of getting into Miranda mode is simply making sure I'm as gross as possible. I make sure I'm wearing funky clothes and a lot of lipstick, and I'm good to go.
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.
Getting onstage and trying out all of my material and what works well with audiences and what doesn't, what works well in different atmospheres, has been the best training.
I love every Netflix original series, because they're so creative and different, and they really believe in trusting the creators of these shows and in their vision and passion.
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.