I have a medical condition, all right. It’s called caring too much, and it’s incurable. Also, I have eczema.
BILLY EICHNERI have a medical condition, all right. It’s called caring too much, and it’s incurable. Also, I have eczema.
BILLY EICHNERI 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.
BILLY EICHNERI was very much an only child who was raised by the television and movies, and I grew up in New York.
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.
BILLY EICHNERDifficult People? I don’t really know. I don’t have those metrics.
BILLY EICHNERThere’s money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
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 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 EICHNERIt was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows – these are the things that really captivated me as a kid.
BILLY EICHNERWhen 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.
BILLY EICHNERYou’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 EICHNEREvery actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I’m not the most outgoing person.
BILLY EICHNERAward shows are fun, but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them.
BILLY EICHNERIf someone walks away from me, I just let them walk, and I move on to the next person.
BILLY EICHNERIt 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.
BILLY EICHNERA lot of comics aren’t their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn’t always ranting and raving.
BILLY EICHNER