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 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.
More Billy Eichner Quotes
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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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I couldn’t just get up every day and be miserable and complain.
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I am invisible in gay bars.
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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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I never fully committed to the child actor thing. I also liked being a regular kid and being a student.
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I think the show [Difficult People] itself creatively has evolved, has gotten much richer and tighter.
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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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Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I’m not the most outgoing person.
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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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A lot of comics aren’t their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn’t always ranting and raving.
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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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There’s money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
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I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.
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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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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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