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Shane Dawson Biography

Actor

Shane Dawson, born in July 1988, is an accomplished actor from the United States. He has gained immense popularity on YouTube with his unique sense of humor and self-deprecating style, attracting millions of fans.

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“People feel completely anonymous online. They can say whatever they want, do whatever they want, why not go the next step and kill people through the Internet?”

People Want Feels Next Steps Internet Online Why Not Next Steps

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“I have always been a director first and the whole acting thing just happened because none of my friends wanted to be in my videos, so I had to do it myself and wear a bunch of wigs.”

Firsts Whole Wanted Acting Happened Directors My Friends Video Bunch Wigs

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“It's fun to act, but for me, it's more fun to actually create the character and act it out knowing that I know everything about this character. That's more fun to me than just reading lines.”

Knows Character Reading Fun Lines Knowing

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“The Internet gave a place like, 'Oh, I'll do whatever I want now. Nobody's going to see it anyways.' Oddly enough, people started watching and I got more confident, comfortable with it.”

People Want Enough Internet Comfortable

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“I don't think I'm too mean to celebrities. I poke fun, but I think in the end, they always win.”

Thinking Mean Ends Winning Fun Poke

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“I think celebrities are kind of put up on a pedestal and we don't really know much about them. I feel like my fans know every part of me because I've shown them.”

Thinking Knows Feels Kind Fans Pedestal

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“To me, YouTube isn't just, 'Watch my videos!' It's, 'Let's have a conversation and get involved in each other's lives.' I want to make [my fans] feel like they have a reason to have a YouTube account because they can comment and have a voice.”

Want Feels Reason Voice Watches Fans Involved Conversation Accounts Video Comment Get Involved Youtube

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“Even if I get into television and movies, I'm never going to quit YouTube because of the bond I have with my viewers.”

Ifs Television Quitting Viewers Youtube

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“Youll never know where life is gonna take you. Youll never know where your life is gonna go. But youll never be able to find out if you end it.”

Ifs Knows Ends Able Life Is

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“Don't kill yourself, kill the part of you that you don't like.”

Killing Yourself

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“I think it's cool that people kind of look at me as one of the originators of online video and one of the pioneers of YouTube because I've worked really hard to build an audience and make content that I'm proud of.”

People Thinking Looks Kind Hard Audience Proud Video Online Look At Me Youtube Pioneers

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“A lot of the things I was doing on YouTube nobody was doing at the time, and now everybody is doing them, and I think making movies - I know a few Youtubers have done it, and hopefully this movie does well and more YouTubers want to take a risk and make movies, and I'm excited about it.”

Thinking Knows Want Wells Doe Done Risk Excited Hopefully Youtube

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“I've wanted to make movies ever since I was a kid. I knew that was my goal.”

Kids Wanted Goal

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“Every year I try to pitch a show, and I try to do something outside of YouTube, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.”

Trying Years Sometimes Shows Youtube

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“I would never put a movie on YouTube unless the funding was right, or unless YouTube paid for it or something.”

Paid Funding Youtube

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“I used to spend $25,000 of my own money on my short films, and I wouldn't make that back, not even close. So I think the Vimeo thing, because it's pay to download, that helps”

Thinking Helping Film Used My Own Pay Downloads Short Films

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“I think everybody's goal was to make something that was really broad for a big audience, which was my goal too. But my main goal was that I wanted my audience to love it, because they're the ones who are going to buy it, and they're the ones who are going to tell their friends. And I wanted to make sure that core audience was really happy, because if they all buy it we have a successful movie.”

Ifs Thinking Bigs Wanted Goal Audience Successful Core Broads Really Happy

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“Throughout whatever I do, I always just say "Director" first. I am directing the storylines and I'm creating what it is.”

Firsts Directors Creating Storyline

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“I've always just wanted to tell stories, and create stuff, and I think "Creator" or "Director" would probably be the two words that I go to first.”

Thinking Firsts Two Stories Wanted Stuff Directors Creator

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“The word "YouTuber," even though - listen, I love YouTube, and I would never, ever abandon it, but I think when somebody says "Youtuber" it says "Oh, they talk about what they ate that day." That's not me - I do way more than that.”

Thinking Way Love You Abandon Youtube

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“I wanted people to know that I'm not just a guy who does weird videos on the Internet. I actually am a filmmaker, and I can tell stories, and I can create something that's 90 minutes long that feels just like any other movie you see in the theater, and hopefully enjoy.”

People Knows Feels Long Doe I Can Stories Wanted Guy Enjoy Minutes Internet Theater Video Hopefully Filmmaker Feels Just

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“I think a lot of people haven't even seen my videos but just hearing my name are like "Oh, that's that dumb Internet thing." And I'm definitely trying to shake that a little bit.”

People Thinking Trying Littles Names Bits Havens Internet Little Bit Hearing Video Dumb Shakes

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“I'm just really excited to promote the movie [I know The Chair ] and the show in a different way, and not just the typical Hollywood way, which I don't think I'll ever fit into.”

Thinking Knows Way Different Shows Fit Hollywood Excited Different Ways Chairs Typical

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About the Author

Born: July 19, 1988
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 23

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