never say never
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What significant announcement did the host make?
So, it was announced about a month ago that I'm going to be acting in my first movie. And this is a huge plot twist, okay? Pun intended. It's a massive plot twist in my life. To all of you, because you've all known me for my entire career as a YouTuber and podcaster who's themselves. That's what I built my career on. But it's also a plot twist to me, okay?
Why did the host initially refuse to act?
I didn't pursue a career in entertainment to one day be an actor. That was never the goal. In fact, I remember when my career on YouTube really started to pick up and it became time to sort of build a team around me, managers, agents, whatever. And I remember being in meetings with agents and them just saying to me, so you want to be an actor, right? And I was like, no, I want to be a YouTuber. This is not a stepping stone for me. This is the final destination. I want to be a YouTuber. And I remember being so frustrated. Why does acting seem to be the final destination? What's wrong with just being a YouTuber? And I became very stubborn about this. And I feel like these early experiences in my career of being told that I should be an actor, that that should be my final destination.
I feel like these moments made me stubborn and completely closed off to the idea of acting. And so for the last few years, I've been like, I'm never going to be an actor. I have no interest in acting. and leave me alone. I just want to be myself. That's what I built my career on. That's what I want to do for the rest of my life. I don't want to pretend to be something else. That goes against the entire ethos of my career thus far. And stop trying to tell me what to do. That's the other thing. I'm very rebellious. And when people tell me what to do, I tend to do the opposite. So I think it wasn't helpful that in the very beginning, I was told I should be an actor. I was so closed off to the idea of acting that I said I'd never do it.
Like that was my answer to the question. Like if I was in an interview and I was asked, would you ever consider acting? My answer was no, absolutely not. And now I'm gonna be in a movie. Okay, so what happened, right? How did that happen? Well, that's what we're gonna discuss today, okay? How I went from saying never to saying yes. Thank you so much for watching.
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And I do not think that they were trying to insult me or steer me in the wrong direction. I really do genuinely think that they just couldn't comprehend the idea that being a YouTuber, being a podcaster, being yourself is a sustainable career. You know, I think at the time it was so new, it was incomprehensible. But as a 17, 18 year old, I was stubborn. And so this sort of pissed me off. And I eventually did get an agent who completely understood my dream of just being myself and that being my job. And we have a beautiful relationship. I absolutely adore this woman. She is still my agent to this day. And then as my career progressed over the years, I started getting asked more and more like, would you ever act? Would you ever act?
What changed the host's perspective on acting?
By journalists and interviews and actors and directors in this industry that I meet at events. You know, I started getting asked more and more. Being asked in a more sweet sort of way like that made me rethink it again in a less rebellious sort of way. And I came to the same conclusion, but it was a bit different.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What significant announcement did the host make?
0:00–0:25
2
Why did the host initially refuse to act?
0:25–4:17
3
What changed the host's perspective on acting?
4:17–10:44
4
How did fashion influence the host's decision to act?
10:44–16:52
5
What are the host's feelings about acting now?
16:52–18:44
6
What challenges does the host perceive in acting?
18:44
7
How did the host's relationship with YouTube shape their career?
12:49–24:56