Ironically, my rabbi was a bar mitzvah Nazi. So I got bar mitzvahed. And though I didn’t want to, the theme of my bar mitzvah party was Madonna.
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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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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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We weren’t, like, rich people, but we were middle-class people and my parents supported this love I had for entertainment.
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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.
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I think New Yorkers – they’re media savvy. People have a sense of humor.
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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 was very much an only child who was raised by the television and movies, and I grew up in New York.
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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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It was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows – these are the things that really captivated me as a kid.
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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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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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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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I have a medical condition, all right. It’s called caring too much, and it’s incurable. Also, I have eczema.
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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 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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