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Sometimes you go up to people who look totally normal and then you talk to them for a few seconds and you are like, Oh I better get out of this, because this person is a little mentally unbalanced, and they are not going to get a joke.

Billy Eichner

There have been man-on-the-street interviews for years, but insulting people is not that funny to me.
BILLY EICHNER

Men People Years
We’re really fleshing out the whole world of the show [Difficult People]. It’s more of an ensemble now, whereas last season we were very focused on establishing the Billy/Julie friendship.
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Ensemble Focus Friendship People Season World
When I opened my mouth to sing as a kid, I kind of randomly had a really good singing voice. And so that put me on the actor track and the musicals track.
BILLY EICHNER

Kids Track Voice
I’d be doing Oscar predictions months ahead of time, and not only for the Oscars, for the Grammys. This is just what excited me as a kid.
BILLY EICHNER

Kids Months Oscars
I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.
BILLY EICHNER

Actors Firsts Performance Singing Traditional
There’s money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
BILLY EICHNER

Involved Line Reputation
It’s crazy. I don’t know how I’m not dead. People think I’m going to get punched in the face: “Something terrible is going to happen to you.
BILLY EICHNER

Crazy People Thinking
I think the show [Difficult People] itself creatively has evolved, has gotten much richer and tighter.
BILLY EICHNER

Difficult Lighter Richer Show Think
I am invisible in gay bars.
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Bars Gay Invisible
I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.
BILLY EICHNER

College Going People
You’re going to get killed.” That’s not what’s going to kill me. The show is going to kill me. The work is going to kill me. Once I’m on the street, I’m not worried about that.
BILLY EICHNER

Going Kill Killed Once Street
A lot of comics aren’t their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn’t always ranting and raving.
BILLY EICHNER

Character Rocks Thinking
I came back to New York after college like any number of struggling performers, and you just find that niche where you can have some sort of impact. And for me that turned out to be comedy.
BILLY EICHNER

College Country Struggle
I’ve had a lot of arguments with people, but it’s never really gotten physical.
BILLY EICHNER

Argument People Physically Really
You have to fight. You know, you don’t want to fight, but you have to fight to make your show your own, to make your voice be heard. You just have to sometimes.
BILLY EICHNER

Fight Fighting Show Voice Want
It was one of Hulu’s first original shows to really go out there. Now a year has passed, and the second season is getting a great response.
BILLY EICHNER

Original People Show Thinking Years

Sometimes you go up to people who look totally normal and then you talk to them for a few seconds and you are like, Oh I better get out of this, because this person is a little mentally unbalanced, and they are not going to get a joke.

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Sometimes you go up to people who look totally normal and then you talk to them for a few seconds and you are like, Oh I better get out of this, because this person is a little mentally unbalanced, and they are not going to get a joke.

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