Grace Helbig on Her YouTube Channel & Feature Film Debut 'Camp Takota'

Grace Helbig on Her YouTube Channel & Feature Film Debut 'Camp Takota'
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YH is at NATPE in Miami, Florida, catching up with YouTube star Grace Helbig to get the lowdown on her latest YouTube Channel, "It's Grace" (https://www.youtube.com/user/graciehinabox), and also her first feature film, 'Camp Takota'! She also talks about being featured in Forbes's 30 Under 30 list, plus she reveals her celeb crush and who is at the top of her Must Blog With list! Hosted by Nikki Novak (@nikkinovak). Check out the Young Hollywood Store Here: http://shopyounghollywood.com/
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Hey guys, Nikki Novak here in the Young Hollywood Studio at Nat P, Sir Fresh by Subway with Grace Helbig.
You were a fresh filmmaker of last year. And now Forbes 30 under 30.
Yes. Whoa. Wow. Yeah, it's good that they got me this year because I literally only have two more years to make that list. I got an email from my agent saying they want you for the 30 under 30 list. I was like, this is a prank. This isn't true. And then when I found out that it was real, I was like, oh my god, a tangible piece of success that my parents will understand and be elated by. It's not the internet, it's Forbes. I literally called my parents first before I told anyone else and they were like, what? This is crazy. I knew for like a month and then it literally came out, I think the day that I launched my new YouTube channel and I was like, this is amazing timing.
Wow. Great timing. So let's talk about the new channel.
Yeah. I have a new YouTube channel called youtube. com/itsgrace.
Is that gonna be different? How's it gonna be?
It's really not too different other than the name. I mean Grace is still, you know, it's still me being me, talking about things that I and the audience want to talk about.
I just love when you poke fun at, you know, award season and what people wear.
I never see it as making fun of people. Okay. Having fun with them. Yes. I'm just commenting on it. Like it's never like mean spirited. It's always just like, oh that's a thing that you have on your person. Cool job. You did it. Because I'm in no place to make any judgments of fashion on anyone ever.
Do you have a celebrity crush?
Oh, Jennifer Lawrence, huge girl crush on Jennifer Lawrence.
Her dress at the Sag Awards. Not so exciting. The black one. The sequin one. I felt weird about it.
The one before was the one that kind of people thought it was like, to it like the toga. It looked like I took my sheet from my hotel room and wrapped it around my person with a couple strips of tape. Yeah. But she's still beautiful.
If you could have anybody come and do, you know, a vlog with you.
Right now I really want Chris Hardwick to come do a vlog with me. And that is on the list of things to do. That's on the bucket list. Yes.
We've got a lot of other things going on. Camp Takota. Let's talk about that.
Camp Takota. Full feature. It's a full-length feature film that myself, Hannah Hart, and Mamrie Hart did. It's all of our first full-length movie, experience, extravaganza ever. And it's real good. It's a movie about friendship, really. So it's like, if you don't have a date, come hang out with us.
So I always address your Twitter because you're one of my favorite people on Twitter.
Oh, yay.
And when you got here, you tweeted something about dressing like a Kardashian Ghostbuster in Miami. I did. What is that? Explain that.
Oh, I was yesterday I was wearing a jumpsuit that was all black. So I was like, oh, that looks like a Kardashian Ghostbuster. They always wear black and white. I literally only packed black and white when I got down here and I was like, oh, I guess that's the Miami thing to do. Who knows?
Did you get any of the Kardashian, you know, fans?
No, none of them. Not a single one.
Oh, you're disappointed about that.
I know. All I want to do is meet Kendall. Where is she?
Keep sporting the jumpsuits and then the other one with your dog doing Miley Cyrus.
Yes. Uh, I caught her mid tongue action on Instagram and yeah, she was doing a very good impression of Miley Cyrus. I was really proud of her.
Now that you're this Forbes 30 under 30 entrepreneur, sort of wanting to go more behind the scenes too and sort of create your own.
Yeah, I'm really this year, I'm I don't have an exact plan for what I want to do, but I know I want to build out my brand across platforms. I think Camp Takota is a great jumping off point for that. I just want to give the audience more content that they can watch in a variety of ways. I'm working on a pilot with E! right now. It's kind of bringing the internet to television, hopefully.
That sounds like such a good tease. Like I need to know more like what more.
That's all we got so far. If this interview happened four weeks from now, I could give you more information. But as for now, I'm trying to bring the internet to TV via E! And just want to create some more original content. I did a web series with Bobbi Brown, the makeup artist, called Grace's Faces and it was a really fun experience to work with a brand and create an original comedy web series, um that wasn't necessarily all about me, but I was a part of it and uh, an executive producer on it. So I think I want to get more into that kind of stuff.
Who knows everything?
Deepak Chopra. He probably knows everything. He has all the answers. Yeah. I saw him once. He had diamonds on his glasses and I was like, yeah, you do know everything. Yeah. He knows where it's at.
Grace, it was great to see you again.
Nice to see you too.
Where are we gonna see each other next? What city? Let's see, let's pick a destination. Where do we want to go?
Let's go to London next. Let's. Yeah.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Grace Helbig
Featured guest, YouTube star, actress
- Nikki Novak
Host of the interview
- Jennifer Lawrence
Grace Helbig's celebrity crush
- Chris Hardwick
Grace Helbig wants to do a vlog with him
- Hannah Hart
Co-star in 'Camp Takota'
- Mamrie Hart
Co-star in 'Camp Takota'
- Kardashian
Grace joked about dressing like a 'Kardashian Ghostbuster'
- Kendall
Grace wanted to meet Kendall Kardashian
- Miley Cyrus
Grace's dog made a Miley Cyrus impression
- Bobbi Brown
Makeup artist Grace worked with on a web series
- Deepak Chopra
Grace joked that he knows everything
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