To me, YouTube isn't just, 'Watch my videos!' It's, 'Let's have a conversation and get involved in each other's lives.' I want to make [my fans] feel like they have a reason to have a YouTube account because they can comment and have a voice.
Shane DawsonThe Internet gave a place like, 'Oh, I'll do whatever I want now. Nobody's going to see it anyways.' Oddly enough, people started watching and I got more confident, comfortable with it.
Shane DawsonPeople feel completely anonymous online. They can say whatever they want, do whatever they want, why not go the next step and kill people through the Internet?
Shane DawsonI would never put a movie on YouTube unless the funding was right, or unless YouTube paid for it or something.
Shane DawsonYoull never know where life is gonna take you. Youll never know where your life is gonna go. But youll never be able to find out if you end it.
Shane DawsonI think everybody's goal was to make something that was really broad for a big audience, which was my goal too. But my main goal was that I wanted my audience to love it, because they're the ones who are going to buy it, and they're the ones who are going to tell their friends. And I wanted to make sure that core audience was really happy, because if they all buy it we have a successful movie.
Shane Dawson