Billy Eichner Quotes
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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'm not a bro.
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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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It's not enough for Hollywood to make a bunch of gay movies. That's obviously a big part of the equation, but then gay people have to show up for those movies.
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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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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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I can be a bit of a nervous flyer.
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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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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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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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You can't be a great comedian without having self-awareness about others or your own faults. You need a strong sense of self and view on the world. That's what great actors have, too.
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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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Our pop cultural likes and dislikes are still very segregated, and that is not true of 'Billy on the Street.'
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There have been man-on-the-street interviews for years, but insulting people is not that funny to me.
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I am Jewish, but I love Christmas, as most Jews with any taste do, because Hanukkah is lame.
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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?'
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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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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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The mainstream needs Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell. The mainstream needs RuPaul.
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Everyone's life experience is different.