Quote

It feels like an amazing opportunity to positively impact the world. That's what I hope to do.

Tyler Oakley

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Tyler Oakley
Age: 35
Born: 1989
Born: March 22
Advocate
Blogger
Essayist
Humorist
Lgbtqia+ Rights Activist
Podcaster
Television Producer
Writer
Youtuber
Jackson
Michigan
Mathew Tyler Oakley
Like
World
Positively
Impact
Amazing
Hope
Opportunity
Feels

More quotes by Tyler Oakley

Image
I think everyone just goes to London and says like, oh I went international!
Tyler Oakley
Image
I'm usually so in control, especially for YouTube videos.
Tyler Oakley
Image
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
Image
I literally cannot even. I can't even. I am unable to even. I have lost my ability to even. I am so unable to even.
Tyler Oakley
Image
I'm one of those YouTubers who doesn't daily-vlog, so my life may seem very open, but my audience only really sees probably 50%. I keep a lot to myself, and I cherish the things that are for me and the people closest to me.
Tyler Oakley
Image
If you are just yourself, that's when people start gravitating towards you because nobody else can be you except you. Be authentic, don't give up, and start today.
Tyler Oakley
Image
I just try to surround myself with good, positive supportive people who are trying to make the world better.
Tyler Oakley
Image
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
Image
I try my hardest to not let hate mail influence me - because anybody can put out hate, it takes a much stronger person to put out themselves.
Tyler Oakley
Image
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
Image
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
Image
I wanted to do something that small towns would enjoy.
Tyler Oakley
Image
Care less about what other people think because at the end of the day, everyone is so worried about themselves & how they are coming across that nobody is actually judging as much as y'all think they are.
Tyler Oakley
Image
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
Image
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
Image
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
Image
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
Image
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
Image
I'm a casual watcher. I like to stream everything.
Tyler Oakley
Image
I try to surround myself with a good support system. Whether that's other creators or my family or my friends, or even my viewers, who encourage me just as much as I might encourage them and they're just as much a part of my life as they let me be a part of theirs.
Tyler Oakley