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.
BILLY EICHNERWe weren’t, like, rich people, but we were middle-class people and my parents supported this love I had for entertainment.
More Billy Eichner Quotes
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I can tell when somebody recognizes me, and I try to avoid those people.
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Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I’m not the most outgoing person.
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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.
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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.
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I think New Yorkers – they’re media savvy. People have a sense of humor.
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I’m not much of a dancer.
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I had a lot of fans in New York. The press would write about me, but I couldn’t get a paying job.
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I am invisible in gay bars.
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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 knew what I had to do. I knew I had to keep working at it and keep putting material out there, even if no one was paying me for it.
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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.
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Award shows are fun, but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them.
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If someone walks away from me, I just let them walk, and I move on to the next person.
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I couldn’t just get up every day and be miserable and complain.
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I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.
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