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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.

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Tyler Oakley
Age: 35
Born: 1989
Born: March 22
Advocate
Blogger
Essayist
Humorist
Lgbtqia+ Rights Activist
Podcaster
Television Producer
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Youtuber
Jackson
Michigan
Mathew Tyler Oakley
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I just try to surround myself with good, positive supportive people who are trying to make the world better.
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I hope you learn to love yourself for who you are and what you look like, and how you were born to be, because you are perfect in your own way.
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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.
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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.
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I literally believe I'm going to do everything I set out to do, which is a pretty amazing feeling.
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I wanted to do something that small towns would enjoy.
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Three things that always bring a smile to my face: making guacamole for my friends, getting pedicures with my mom, exploring an airport I've never been in.
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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.
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Check thyself before thy wreck thyself.
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I'm a firm believer in making it happen - no matter what 'it' is.
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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.
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A big reason I wanted to do a tour was because I'm from Michigan and not many things go to Michigan. Most conventions are in like London or Florida or California, and that's about it.
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I can fluently speak five languages: English, emoji, sexting, sarcasm and sass.
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Best thing about doing Youtube as a job - the Youtube friends that I've met all around the world, that I never would have got the chance to meet without Youtube.
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I come up with new ambitions all the time - and the coolest thing is, I think of something I want to do, and I don't really imagine it as Oh, I've never done that. I think of it as, Oh, I haven't done that yet. I literally believe I'm going to do everything I set out to do, which is a pretty amazing feeling.
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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.
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I keep a lot to myself, and I cherish the things that are for me and the people closest to me.
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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.
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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.
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