Kian Lawley Quotes

I'm a professional maker of online video and I love platform diversity of every kind.

I just liked making funny videos, content that people would enjoy. The likes and retweets - that was, like, a plus.

When we started out doing YouTube videos, I think we were very, very early on in terms of people doing a behind-the-scenes component.

I got started on YouTube when I was a freshman in college. I was a broadcast journalism major, and I already had a lot of experience with video editing and photography.

You know, when I first started making online videos, there were a lot of filmmakers I befriended who were doing it too.

I knew I could make a living doing my own videos instead of making them for someone else.

Those involved in the program are interested in how to use photography, videos, the Internet, film, and anything related to communications and transmission of information in the most up-to-date modern ways.

Your YouTube channel is your show. I think it's a wonderful platform for anyone who wants to have stronger creative control over their content, their message, their vision and their branding.

When we started doing YouTube, the goal was, hey, let's make stuff that we want to see, that entertains us.

I think the advent of things like YouTube have made it possible for creators to tell stories cheaply and efficiently and to have a built-in audience.

On YouTube, we were our own masters. We could sit on an edit until we got it right, we could choose quality over quantity.

Video is just exploding on Instagram - motion is the new filter. We're going to help people use visuals to tell their stories.

Digital is a fantastic platform to tell your stories.

I create videos for my YouTube channel Chescaleigh and for 'Decoded,' a series with MTV.

I carry my camera with me everywhere. I'm a vlogger!

A lot of people think most YouTubers are just untalented kids who film themselves for four minutes, and that's all they do for their week.

The web offers a creative climate that filmmakers have been craving for.

TV is just another opportunity for me to entertain people. Although it's definitely a lot slower than the Internet, that's for sure.

I only started uploading on YouTube because I was having trouble one day uploading a video on my blog.

I am a professional creator of online video and I have had that job since the moment of its existence. I'm also something of a professional advocate for, and follower of, online video.

As for making video comedy, pretty much anyone can do it. When I got started, I just filmed it with my webcam and used iMovie to edit the video, which I still use.

The thing to keep in mind is that's how I started long before MTV and Twitter and Facebook. I studied at broadcasting school so I could learn how to shoot and edit videos, and tried to create my own television show so we could see through these wacky visions we had of funny bits we wanted to shoot.

My manager and fellow YouTuber, Mike Lamond, encouraged me to start a YouTube channel as a way to practice speaking, entertaining, and being more comfortable in front of a camera. In the beginning, I used an $80 dollar flip-camera and edited every episode myself.

I am a YouTube artist.

I don't really follow the rules of like - not traditional, but how everyone does YouTube. And it's kind of made me more cautious and conscious of what I put into my videos.