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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.

Billy Eichner

I think New Yorkers – they’re media savvy. People have a sense of humor.
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Media People Thinking
I am invisible in gay bars.
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Bars Gay Invisible
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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Original People Show Thinking Years
I would watch the Oscars and every award show with my parents. I would make lists of who was going to win.
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Award Lists Make Shows Win
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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Anything Character Endearing People
I spend the majority of my time in New York and LA. I feel like a large part of my following and my fans are probably in New York and LA because of the work that I do is very New York-LA-centric. So people do recognize me. But it’s nothing overwhelming at all.
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Country Majority People Sound
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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Knew Material Paying Putting Working
I can tell when somebody recognizes me, and I try to avoid those people.
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I Can People Trying
I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.
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College Going People
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.
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Kids Track Voice
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.
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Fight Fighting Show Voice Want
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.
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Crazy Fun Nice
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.
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College Country Struggle
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.
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Faces Flavored Hurt Sexually Years
There’s money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
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Involved Line Reputation
I thought it would be funny to go to my Korean dry cleaner and ask her about my head shot, as if it’s the most important thing in the world, and as if it’s something that everyone should weigh on because it’s important to me.
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Cleaner Country Important Shot Something

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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