Billy Eichner Quotes
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My father would read me Page Six instead of, like, kids' stories.
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I learned early on that 'Billy on the Street' is a great lesson in 'Don't judge a book by its cover.'
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I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.
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I only scream if screaming is deserved.
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We need to take a breath and find big ways and small ways to get active.
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It's always really funny to watch someone who really wants something who isn't getting it but who's desperate for it.
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I loved all awards shows growing up, but of course, the Oscars was the biggest one.
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Facebook is weird. They have all of these seemingly random rules that I'm sure make sense to them, but don't make sense to me or any people.
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When I came out to my parents, I knew that they knew. My father was like, 'Are you sure?' I literally said, 'You took me to see Barbra Streisand at Madison Square Garden.'
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All I wanted to do as a kid was go to the post-Oscar parties I was seeing on 'Entertainment Tonight.'
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My favorite Tyler Perry movie? Ugh, how can you decide? For me, it's basically like: Kurosawa, Tyler Perry, Martin Scorsese, in that order.
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You have to have a sense of humor about all of it - the Emmys and politics and everything.
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I thought it would be funny to go to my Korean dry cleaner and ask her about my head shot, as if it's the most important thing in the world, and as if it's something that everyone should weigh on because it's important to me.
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Things pop out of people's mouths that you wouldn't expect them to say, so I've stopped trying to guess ahead of time who might be interesting to talk to.
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I've actually enjoyed my time in L.A. more than a New Yorker is supposed to.
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Jim Carrey and Steve Carell did dramatic roles. I look up to them. You want a career like that.
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I think 'Billy on the Street' is a big show, but why do a show if you won't make it original and unique and powerful?
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I was like a fat, sweaty kid growing up in Queens who just was plopped down in front of 'Entertainment Tonight' by my parents.
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Society would be a lot better if people watched Hulu's original programming and not just 'Mozart in the Jungle,' which everyone is watching, apparently.
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I came back to New York after college like any number of struggling performers, and you just find that niche where you can have some sort of impact. And for me that turned out to be comedy.
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I like good movies, and I love theater, and things that I grew up loving, I still love.
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I don't want to do something that's watered down. I don't want to take what I'm known for and dilute it.
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If you really think you have something good, you can't take no for an answer. You've got to get in there and ignore the people who say no.
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I just love Stephen Colbert. He's a genius.