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There have been man-on-the-street interviews for years, but insulting people is not that funny to me.

Billy Eichner

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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Children Class Country
There’s money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
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Involved Line Reputation
If someone walks away from me, I just let them walk, and I move on to the next person.
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Moving Next Walks
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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Entertainment Parents People Rich Supported
I couldn’t just get up every day and be miserable and complain.
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Complaining Get Just Miserable
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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Original People Show Thinking Years
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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College Country Struggle
It was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows – these are the things that really captivated me as a kid.
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Award Kids Winning
Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I’m not the most outgoing person.
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Actors Outgoing Sound
I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.
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Actors Firsts Performance Singing Traditional
I think the show [Difficult People] itself creatively has evolved, has gotten much richer and tighter.
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Difficult Lighter Richer Show Think
The 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.
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Faces Flavored Hurt Sexually Years
What I do is make myself this over-the-top character that people either find endearing or they think is a joke. Then I can do anything I want.
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Anything Character Endearing People
I never fully committed to the child actor thing. I also liked being a regular kid and being a student.
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Actors Children Kids Regular Student
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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Country Jobs Writing
Even when I was struggling and had horrible day jobs and wanted to be successful but wasn’t finding my way in.
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Jobs Struggle Successful

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