I think if you ask people why they watch me, there would be some common thread among all of them that I'm somewhat of an awkward older sister. I have a teen, mostly female demographic. How that happened, I don't know. But I think they see me as some sort of bizarre role model, and I'll keep trying to do that for them.
Grace HelbigI want to do whatever people allow me to do with great people and have a great time doing it.
Grace HelbigWhen I started 'DailyGrace,' I was dating a 26-year-old guy I thought was the funniest person in the world. My creation process every day was imagining him watching my videos and wondering, 'Will he laugh at this?' But somehow that's turned into an audience that's mostly 15-year-old girls.
Grace HelbigAfter doing a total of five years of Daily Grace, you kind of get burned out on doing the same thing over and over again, so I am allowing myself to not have totally any specific structure.
Grace HelbigSurround yourself with people who are the ketchup to your french fries-they make you a better version of yourself. Yes french fries are amazing on their own, but combined with ketchup they are a force. Spend time with people who bring out your true flavors, but don't overpower you.
Grace HelbigIt's insanely difficult to ask an audience to go somewhere other than YouTube to watch videos.
Grace HelbigYoung love is so ridiculous, as is middle-aged and old love. And it's also hilarious. When have you ever felt so vulnerable and wonderful and terrible at the same time?
Grace HelbigI feel like I have no real solid plans like, "this is what I'm going to do and I will do it by 2017" or whatever.
Grace HelbigI can say for myself that I feel like I've gotten a ton of opportunities in the digital space and not a lot in the traditional space when I was first starting out.
Grace HelbigThere are no gatekeepers. So all the things we want people to cast us in, we can just make ourselves.
Grace HelbigA lot of YouTubers, because they have such pride in what they do, have a negative connotation towards television. I don't feel that way. I feel like it's another medium to reach a broader audience.
Grace HelbigI have terrible taste in things: music, movies, TV shows. I love all the guilty pleasures: Bravo, Real Housewives.
Grace HelbigI imagine 'Daily Grace' as, like, your awkward older sister who tries to give you advice.
Grace HelbigI did six internships, even though I was only allowed to do one. I had a paper with my advisor's signature on it that I would just forward for every new internship. I didn't get school credit, but I got away with giving free labor to everyone.
Grace HelbigI think hard-working people have more opportunities no matter what on YouTube, regardless of gender.
Grace HelbigI hope what's different for not only the channel 'It's Grace' 2014, but for the brand overall, is I hope to continue to expand into other areas of creative content and original content. We have 'Camp Takota' coming out on Valentine's Day - we're all so pumped for it! It's so exciting!
Grace HelbigIf anything, being a female has afforded me opportunities on YouTube that I necessarily didn't have in doing traditional comedy and auditioning in TV and film, and that whole world.
Grace HelbigI hate auditioning; it makes me more nervous than anything ever, and I always feel like I wasted my time and I could have been creating my own thing. With the Internet, you have so much freedom that 'gatekeepers' make me terrified.
Grace HelbigWhen I've done somewhat scripted stuff, it feels a little flat. It feels like there's not much life behind it.
Grace HelbigThe Internet is a very intimate entertainment experience. I'm in my own apartment talking to people, and I want them to feel like they're with me in my apartment. So if I'm listening to them and taking ideas from them and being honest with how I'm feeling, it resonates even more that we're having a real, actual conversation.
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