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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 Eichner

Even when I was struggling and had horrible day jobs and wanted to be successful but wasn’t finding my way in.
BILLY EICHNER

Jobs Struggle Successful
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.
BILLY EICHNER

Careers Hollywood People
The most outrageous thing happened years ago in my YouTube days, when I asked an older lady – it was like a sexually flavored question and she just slapped me full-on across the face. That’s the one time someone got physically aggressive with me. And it hurt.
BILLY EICHNER

Faces Flavored Hurt Sexually Years
Difficult People? I don’t really know. I don’t have those metrics.
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Difficult Metrics People
Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I’m not the most outgoing person.
BILLY EICHNER

Actors Outgoing Sound
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
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’ve had a lot of arguments with people, but it’s never really gotten physical.
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Argument People Physically Really
I am invisible in gay bars.
BILLY EICHNER

Bars Gay Invisible
I was very much an only child who was raised by the television and movies, and I grew up in New York.
BILLY EICHNER

Children Class Country
If someone walks away from me, I just let them walk, and I move on to the next person.
BILLY EICHNER

Moving Next Walks
I like talking to a person who is crazy in a fun, eccentric way. I don’t want to talk to a legitimate crazy person, because that’s not nice.
BILLY EICHNER

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

Men People Years
There’s money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
BILLY EICHNER

Involved Line Reputation
I never fully committed to the child actor thing. I also liked being a regular kid and being a student.
BILLY EICHNER

Actors Children Kids Regular Student
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.
BILLY EICHNER

Ensemble Focus Friendship People Season World

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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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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