Latest Tyler Oakley Quotes from Interviews

• My ideal guy is my future husband. Not sure who he is yet, but he's out there.

  Tyler Oakley

  Husband, Guy, My Future

  "TheBacklot Interview: Tyler Oakley". Interview with Louis Virtel, www.newnownext.com. September 4, 2013.

• My life and happiness speaks for itself.

  Tyler Oakley

  Life And Happiness, Speak

  "TheBacklot Interview: Tyler Oakley". Interview with Louis Virtel, www.newnownext.com. September 4, 2013.

• I literally believe I'm going to do everything I set out to do, which is a pretty amazing feeling.

  Tyler Oakley

  Believe, Feelings

  "TheBacklot Interview: Tyler Oakley". Interview with Louis Virtel, www.newnownext.com. September 4, 2013.

• I'm a firm believer in making it happen - no matter what 'it' is.

  Tyler Oakley

  Matter, Firm, Believer

  "TheBacklot Interview: Tyler Oakley". Interview with Louis Virtel, www.newnownext.com. September 4, 2013.

• I keep a lot to myself, and I cherish the things that are for me and the people closest to me.

  Tyler Oakley

  People, Cherish, Closest

  "TheBacklot Interview: Tyler Oakley". Interview with Louis Virtel, www.newnownext.com. September 4, 2013.

• I am a fangirl of talent, so to see someone slaying the competition doing what I'd love to do, that's inspiring to me.

  Tyler Oakley

  Competition, Talent, Slaying

  "TheBacklot Interview: Tyler Oakley". Interview with Louis Virtel, www.newnownext.com. September 4, 2013.

• I first discovered YouTube while browsing the web, and then I found people just talking into their cameras. I never even knew it was a thing you could do.

  Tyler Oakley

  Talking, People, Cameras

  "TheBacklot Interview: Tyler Oakley". Interview with Louis Virtel, www.newnownext.com. September 4, 2013.

• The type of person that might thrive on Vine in a six-second clip might not be the same kind of entertainer who would shine on a 10-minute vlog on YouTube. If anything, having these different platforms gives more people a chance to creatively express themselves.

  Tyler Oakley

  Shine On, People, Giving

  "From YouTube to reality: 'The Amazing Race' stacks new 'social media' season with YouTube's most likable guys". Interview with Scott Porch, www.salon.com. February 12, 2016.

• Over the last eight years of being on YouTube, I've seen so much progress. I think the reason for that is that a lot of young people are having open dialogue and honest conversations about social justice and human rights.

  Tyler Oakley

  Thinking, Eight, Rights

  "From YouTube to reality: 'The Amazing Race' stacks new 'social media' season with YouTube's most likable guys". Interview with Scott Porch, www.salon.com. February 12, 2016.

• The Internet is accelerating the speed of acceptance and social justice.

  Tyler Oakley

  Acceptance, Justice, Internet

  Source: www.salon.com

• I'm a casual watcher. I like to stream everything.

  Tyler Oakley

  Casual, Streams, Watchers

  Source: www.salon.com

• I came from a pretty accepting community, and my school had a lot of openly gay and LGBT-plus people. When I joined YouTube, I saw a lot more hostility than I saw in my everyday life.

  Tyler Oakley

  School, Gay, People

  "From YouTube to reality: 'The Amazing Race' stacks new 'social media' season with YouTube's most likable guys". Interview with Scott Porch, www.salon.com. February 12, 2016.

• How many likes you get on a selfie will not be what you remember 10 years down the line. The relationships that you form and the memories that you make and the connections that you make with people day to day are the things you remember.

  Tyler Oakley

  Memories, Years, People

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

• There was no Twitter when I was in high school, so I can't even imagine the pressures or the expectations of pursuing likes or living life in that kind of mentality.

  Tyler Oakley

  Live Life, School, Expectations

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

• I have always kept my personal relationships pretty private, whether it's intimate or my family or friends - at least in videos. It's always been something that I've sworn off from sharing online.

  Tyler Oakley

  Video, My Family, Online

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

• If you have a dream, to make it happen, all you have to do is start with one video and take it one video at a time. It may seem a little daunting to go from registering your YouTube channel to making it a full-time career, but if that is an aspiration for you, it's 100% doable if you're authentic, if you're persistent, if you put your best foot forward, if you come at it with realistic and authentic aspirations and intentions. If you try, then it's possible.

  Tyler Oakley

  Dream, Careers, Feet

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

• Everybody on YouTube starts with zero subscribers. You think of everyone you look up to or have watched for years or whatever, they may seem like this is their life now, but it wasn't always that.

  Tyler Oakley

  Zero, Thinking, Years

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

• One thing I've learned best from my mom is to be yourself and not everyone will get you and that's okay. I try to bring that into everything that I do and just understand that I will not be everyone's cup of tea and that's fine.

  Tyler Oakley

  Mom, Being Yourself, Tea

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

• I don't think kids should think their lives have to be perfect or have a filter or the best angle or anything like that. I think it's important to see that everybody is human and everyone has their ups and downs.

  Tyler Oakley

  Kids, Thinking, Perfect

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

• There will always be people that will have assumptions about you, about my character, my personality, or that I might put on a show of being gay or something, or that I play up stereotypes or anything like that. It's always funny to me that those people are typically the people that know me the least.

  Tyler Oakley

  Character, Gay, Play

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

• I'm a human just like any of the people that you adore, whether they're in TV shows or movies or they're writers or YouTubers. Their lives are not perfect.

  Tyler Oakley

  Tv Shows, People, Perfect

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

• I'm usually so in control, especially for YouTube videos.

  Tyler Oakley

  Video, Youtube

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

• The movie was always something that was always kind of like a dream. From the start of making my YouTube videos, I've always been sharing my thoughts or opinions or just updating people on my life, but the movie is more of a behind-the-scenes look at what actually goes into my life.

  Tyler Oakley

  Dream, People, Video

  Source: www.teenvogue.com

• My ideal guy is my future husband. Not sure who he is yet, but he's out there. What impresses me in a gay guy? A warm smile, stubble, easy to talk to, thoughtful tattoos, kind eyes, wit, positivity, wanderlust, ambition, and a cute ass.

  Tyler Oakley

  Cute, Tattoo, Husband

  Interview with Louis Virtel, www.newnownext.com. September 4, 2013.

• I want to meet every person who has watched my videos and stuck around with me. They're the ones who help me achieve everything I've ever dreamed of - that's why YouTube gatherings are the best. Just to share moments with the people who make it all possible - that's what gets my adrenaline going.

  Tyler Oakley

  People, Gathering, Video

  Interview with Louis Virtel, www.newnownext.com. September 4, 2013.

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