Alan Schaaf Quotes

I was one of those kids who was just always on the Internet, always on YouTube, so it was easy for me to do it. It's not work. It's just fun.

We're trying to be a content destination for viral images and to be an entertainment destination in general.

The Internet is a sketch show.

I believe photos is one of the underlying things in every social network that becomes successful.

They're a different generation, those kids; kids that are under the age of twelve. They're not that impressed by rock music, you know what I mean? They're like, it's cool and everything, but whatever. They're just as impressed by YouTube.

Think of Internet on the TV like the Web browser. The amount of time you spend on the PC in the browser is just going to grow continuously.

The Internet is the greatest thing that ever happened to the entertainment industry.

In the Internet world, especially in Silicon Valley, everyone is at the ready all the time, and turnaround is relatively short, if not instant.

My mode of presentation is short-form video - basically I create fast cut, impassioned 'idea explainers' that explode with enthusiasm and intensity as they distill how technology is expanding our sphere of possibility.

On the Web you have to sum up what your piece of content is in one link or nobody is going to watch it. That's the same thing I've been hearing from TV executives - is we need a program that you can have on the side of a bus and someone can watch it go by and get what the show is and want to watch it.

There are screens at the gas station, there are screens at the shopping mall. And they all need content.

I've been fascinated by the Internet from the very start. In 2001, I had made a funny black-and-white film called 'How to Dance Properly,' a short video of me dancing to a Madonna song. I sent it to 17 of my friends on a Thursday, and by Monday, one million people a day were logging on to view it.

I've always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza.

People are willing to support and watch web series as a legitimate form of entertainment.

I do watch a lot of YouTube.

'Instagram' is definitely becoming a new entertainment source for people day after day.

I'm a big consumer of media and content online.

People are really into on-demand consumption. I watch everything myself on demand.

The complexity and nuance of YouTube's culture, creators, drama, genres, styles, and memes is what makes it wonderful for people on the inside, but it is also a wall that keeps people on the outside.

The 'Neon Demon' is very much designed to be like a YouTube movie. It's designed to be chopped up. You can cut it up into seven or eight pieces and they're, like, vignettes.

Web is going to become very big... The format is different in terms of its storytelling pattern and its duration. Web audience enjoys watching stuff on the go, they prefer to watch it alone. It is isolated viewing while cinema is collective viewing.

I love online video. I've been obsessed with it since day one.

I enjoy YouTube like everyone else.

YouTube came out when I was a sophomore in college, and I feel like I was one of the first people to put musical theater stuff online.

The early days, when Vine was so special and innovative - I would wake up and immediately want to make videos. I loved it.