I couldn’t just get up every day and be miserable and complain.
BILLY EICHNERI couldn’t just get up every day and be miserable and complain.
BILLY EICHNERI’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 EICHNERI’ve had a lot of arguments with people, but it’s never really gotten physical.
BILLY EICHNERIt was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows – these are the things that really captivated me as a kid.
BILLY EICHNERI started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.
BILLY EICHNERWe’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 EICHNERThe 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 EICHNEREvery actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I’m not the most outgoing person.
BILLY EICHNEREven when I was struggling and had horrible day jobs and wanted to be successful but wasn’t finding my way in.
BILLY EICHNERA 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 EICHNERA lot of comics aren’t their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn’t always ranting and raving.
BILLY EICHNERI 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.
BILLY EICHNERThere have been man-on-the-street interviews for years, but insulting people is not that funny to me.
BILLY EICHNERWe weren’t, like, rich people, but we were middle-class people and my parents supported this love I had for entertainment.
BILLY EICHNERI never fully committed to the child actor thing. I also liked being a regular kid and being a student.
BILLY EICHNERI 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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