Billy Eichner Quotes
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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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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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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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I'm on all the apps: Tinder, Grindr, Bumble, Scruff. I have no shame about that.
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We have to remain vigilant and loud and stay consistently engaged with our representatives and the political process every single day, on both a macro and micro level.
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There are certain people you're allowed to pick apart and certain people you're not.
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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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I did a live late-night talk show called 'Creation Nation' with friends of mine. I had a sidekick and a band, and I wrote the whole thing. And it had the form of a late-night talk show, but we did it on stage because no one was giving me a TV show at the time.
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'Billy on the Street' is the hardest thing that I will ever do.
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My mom had a heart attack, and it came out of nowhere - she was 54. My dad had leukemia for about 3 months. He was 80 when he passed. My dad had me later in life, and so he had leukemia and was alive for about 3 months between diagnosis and passing away.
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I just love Stephen Colbert. He's a genius.
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'Billy On The Street' has no doubt always been about the people we talk to. That being said, it thrills me that the show really has a dedicated following in the comedy world.
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I've never even been invited to the GLAAD awards, to sit in the audience. I don't necessarily care, and I'm sure they will one day, and it will be fine, but I've never been invited to anything like that.
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I grew up in Queens, which is the most diverse borough: the rich and the poor and homeless and people of every sexual orientation and gender and age group. Everyone is saying we live in this bubble, and there's some truth to that. But I do not think it is healthy to all of a sudden invalidate the way we live in New York.
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I'm not a bro.
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Amy Poehler and I once ambushed people and made them sing Christmas carols with us.
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I grew up watching 'Saturday Night Live.'
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People saw 'Moonlight' because it was excellent.
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Award shows are fun but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them.
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Probably the most common question I get is, 'Who's your dream guest?' That's kind of annoying because there isn't one.
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The streets of New York are diverse, but when you go into a Broadway show, unless Denzel Washington is in it, or Fantasia's in it, it's a lot of old white people and gay men.
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I was obsessed with award shows and made charts and graphs and stuff when I was 7 years old. I found the entertainment business hilarious, ridiculous, and alluring - and my parents supported it, for better or worse.
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I came out to my parents when I was a junior in college. And it was pretty fine. They were more concerned with why I wasn't dating anyone. But now I'm 36, and I still don't date anyone.