I like talking to a person who is crazy in a fun, eccentric way. I don’t want to talk to a legitimate crazy person, because that’s not nice.
BILLY EICHNERThere have been man-on-the-street interviews for years, but insulting people is not that funny to me.
More Billy Eichner Quotes
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I think the show [Difficult People] itself creatively has evolved, has gotten much richer and tighter.
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Award shows are fun, but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them.
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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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I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.
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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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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 New Yorkers – they’re media savvy. People have a sense of humor.
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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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I 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.
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I am invisible in gay bars.
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Difficult People? I don’t really know. I don’t have those metrics.
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I can tell when somebody recognizes me, and I try to avoid those people.
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I 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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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 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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