I am absolutely terrified to move… I truly, truly believe that success lies outside of your comfort zone, and my house has been the greatest comfort zone for me. – Lilly Singh
I think what people like about my channel is that I am not perfect. I always point to my pimple, my bad hair day… people relate to that. They are watching somebody who is exactly like them and talking about things that they experience as well. – Lilly Singh
Life is designed to knock you down. It will knock you down time and time again, but it doesn’t matter how many times you fall – it matters how many times you get back up. – Lilly Singh
There is no casting director; there is no producer monitoring your upload button. Anyone that looks like anyone can upload a video. I think YouTube and the digital space does set a really good example for the rest of the industry in that sense. – Lilly Singh
When I make my own videos, I am the writer, the editor, the lighting person, everything – that’s why my videos are blurry. – Lilly Singh
The parent characters that I portray are Indian because I grew up in an Indian household. Having said that, I feel like people of all cultures would relate to those parents. – Lilly Singh
I’m like, ‘I think I’m just going to wear what makes me happy,’ so I’m just really big on wearing things that reflect my personality, like colorful hats and weird shoes and things that I just think are fun. – Lilly Singh
I know the video platform so, so, so well. I know the perfect mixture of how comedic a piece has to be, what the video has to be like, what the song has to sound like, to make it successful. – Lilly Singh
When I used to live in Toronto, I would always be the busiest person out of all my friends… no one could relate to what I was doing. When I’m in L.A., I constantly feel like I’m keeping up with people, and I love that. – Lilly Singh
Growing up, I was always creatively inclined, and when YouTube came about, it was like getting the perfect platform to showcase what I wanted. Personally, I was going through a dark phase in my life, and I decided to make videos and basically go by the adage, ‘If you want to cheer up yourself, go cheer up someone else.’ – Lilly Singh
If you say, ‘I don’t want to offend anyone,’ then don’t get on stage. Just ask yourself, ‘Do I think it is right? Do I think it is offensive? And do I think that everyone is okay to hear this? If I truly believe this, then I should go and do this.’ – Lilly Singh
On an average day, I will spend 90 percent of my waking moments working on ‘Superwoman.’ I’m a huge workaholic. My hobby is ‘Superwoman.’ – Lilly Singh
I still make videos in my bedroom by choice because that’s the feel of my comedy, but the opportunity to make longer format content with a production company, with a team that’s a bit more elevated in that sense, is really exciting for me because it’s not that it’s better than what I’ve already been doing, but it’s different. – Lilly Singh
Honestly, I just wear what makes me feel good. So many people come up to me, and they’re like, ‘Did you know you’re a tomboy? You should try wearing dresses.’ – Lilly Singh
The best way to describe my work is comedy in a very, very real way. I’m not scared to look silly on camera. I take everyday situations we all go through and put a very real twist on it – things people can relate to. – Lilly Singh
The majority of people call or message me because they need something or they want something. You never know what people’s intentions are. – Lilly Singh
I’m actually not making fun of my real parents. I’ve taken stereotypical traits of my real parents, my aunts, my uncles and parents of every race and put them into these two characters, who are just over-the-top ridiculous and super-alpha parents about everything. – Lilly Singh
Sometimes I’ll be sitting on Facebook at home and see all these people getting married, having kids, having that life that I was told I should have. And sometimes I feel like I’m doing something wrong. Am I the stupid one here? Am I not doing what I’m supposed to do? And that’s also equally as stressful. – Lilly Singh
‘Unicorn Island’ is the synonym for my happy place. It’s a really beautiful message: that happiness is one of the hardest things you’ll ever fight for, but it’s the only thing worth fighting for. – Lilly Singh
When I was coming out of depression, I made one random video. It wasn’t funny or anything, but just the idea that people I didn’t know were watching it made me feel less alone than I’d felt in a long time. – Lilly Singh
You are not any different. You can do anything you want. So many times, I’ve been asked what I think of women stand-ups. If you actually look around, there are so many female comedians starring in the biggest TV shows. – Lilly Singh
When I was younger, I had this fairy tale that you can have the eight hours of sleep and be a healthy, balanced person and still achieve your goals. The reality is, that hasn’t always been the case. – Lilly Singh
In my life I’ve gone through a lot of really hard times. I went through depression and had so many challenges that I overcame. And I overcame because I just decided to be happy. – Lilly Singh
My creative process is a bit manic at times, to be honest. I wake up Monday and Thursday stressed because I don’t have a video. I usually – with the exception of maybe a handful of videos – wake up, write the video, shoot the video, edit the video, release the video all in the same day. – Lilly Singh
I don’t say no as much as I should. I’m an extreme workaholic. So I can be sick, and I still say yes to anything. When you are the CEO of your own company, editor of your own videos, your own writer ,and you do every role yourself, you have a hard time saying no to opportunities. – Lilly Singh