I am invisible in gay bars.
BILLY EICHNERI think it’s for people who obviously care about pop culture or know about it, even if it’s to a fault. I think it’s for outsiders.
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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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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 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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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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I can tell when somebody recognizes me, and I try to avoid those people.
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Sometimes you go up to people who look totally normal and then you talk to them for a few seconds and you are like, Oh I better get out of this, because this person is a little mentally unbalanced, and they are not going to get a joke.
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I’ve had a lot of arguments with people, but it’s never really gotten physical.
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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 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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I couldn’t just get up every day and be miserable and complain.
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I think New Yorkers – they’re media savvy. People have a sense of humor.
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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 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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Difficult People? I don’t really know. I don’t have those metrics.
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