Billy Eichner Quotes
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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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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 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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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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'Billy on the Street' is a very exhausting show to do, as you can imagine, but it's worth it.
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Society would be better off if Billy Eichner started getting more dramatic work.
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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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To me, what the 'Billy on the Street' persona is, is me as a 12-year-old.
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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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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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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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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 always want to lead with comedy but hopefully be able to sneak my message through at the same time.
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Everyone's life experience is different.
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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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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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I do take for granted, probably, the fact that I grew up in New York City, one of the most liberal places on earth, with bleeding-heart, liberal parents who took me to see 'Rent' and Terrence McNally plays from a very young age.
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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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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.