Billy Eichner Quotes
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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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'Billy on the Street' is a very exhausting show to do, as you can imagine, but it's worth it.
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If you're pretty, you want to be ugly. If you're loud, you want to play quiet. You always want to challenge people's expectations.
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I had about five years as a gay guy in New York after college before the whole Grindr explosion happened, where people were still going out to meet each other.
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I did see one Tyler Perry movie in the theater. My friends and I went to see, I believe it was, 'Why Did I Get Married?'
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We have a whole art department on 'Billy on the Street.' We give away dioramas that we've made.
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I was very much an only child who was raised by the television and movies, and I grew up in New York. We weren't, like, rich people, but we were middle-class people and my parents supported this love I had for entertainment.
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To me, what the 'Billy on the Street' persona is, is me as a 12-year-old.
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Society would be better off if Billy Eichner started getting more dramatic work.
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Usually, you'll have a show like the 'King of Queens,' and there'll be one really fat guy, but at least he has a beautiful wife - they balance it out.
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Our pop cultural likes and dislikes are still very segregated, and that is not true of 'Billy on the Street.'
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I always want to lead with comedy but hopefully be able to sneak my message through at the same time.
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Saying gay people shouldn't be the punchline is basically saying don't make people the punch line, which I think is ridiculous. The whole point of comedy is, on some level, to make fun of ourselves and put everything into an absurdist context.
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I can be a bit of a nervous flyer.
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I would never be a contestant on my own show. I would never speak to me, and I'd never sign the release.
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I think there's a fear once things start to blow up - as the people say - that if you stop for a second, it will all go away.
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Everyone's life experience is different.
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You don't want to really pick on someone that you genuinely like. In terms of 'Billy on the Street,' there are certain actors - I don't care if they find out because I do feel that way. Though it's almost never about appearance or something out of their control. I pick on choices they've made or roles they've taken.
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A lot of comics aren't their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn't always ranting and raving. What I do is make myself this over-the-top character that people either find endearing or they think is a joke. Then I can do anything I want.
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For some reasons, I have WWE wrestlers tweeting me all the time. Like, my biggest fans. Why they can connect with my love for Meryl Streep, I don't know.
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I think that I am working to remind myself that it's still my life... you have to enjoy yourself.
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The mainstream needs Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell. The mainstream needs RuPaul.
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I do not like not having Wi-Fi in general, but certainly not on a plane. I fall apart.
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People come up to me all the time and say, 'I just found out about you!' Part of me is happy, and part of me is, like, Where the hell have you been?'