Billy Eichner Quotes
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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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If a comedian has a strong following, and the branded segment feels different compared to what you typically do, people will know right away that it's not authentic to who you are as a comedian or performer. Brands need to keep that in mind.
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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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I can be a bit of a nervous flyer.
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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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I don't mean to sound like a Pollyanna, but for me, New York is the ideal because of the diversity here. 'Billy on the Street' is really informed by that.
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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 did start out as an actor. I went to Northwestern; I did musicals. I did plays.
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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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Entertainment, Hollywood, award shows - these are the things that really captivated me.
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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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When I was child, I was intoxicated by celebrities, showbiz and theatre, but from a child's perspective, where they seem far away.
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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 grew up worshipping Pee-wee Herman.
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One thing that I love about 'Difficult People' is that Julie Klausner and our showrunner, Scott King, have written the lead character I play as a fully formed man.
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I would not have a career without Facebook and Twitter. That's the truth.
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A lot of people in Hollywood, and everywhere pretty much, operate on fear. No one wants to get fired, so everyone's scared to take a chance. There's money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
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No one was asking me to be on TV. So I made my own late-night TV talk show.
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The mainstream needs Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell. The mainstream needs RuPaul.
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There is no way I will survive Mike Pence doing Carpool Karaoke. What song's he gonna sing? 'I Deported Your Grandmother?'
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If you're faking it, people will know, and it's going to turn a lot of people off.
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I just worship Madonna. As, like, a young gay kid growing up in the '80s and '90s... I was at the Blond Ambition tour with my parents vogue-ing up in the mezzanine at the Nassau Coliseum.
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I haven't done many commercials, and I'm very picky about it because it comes down to creative control.
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I have this ongoing obsession with Meryl Streep.