It was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows – these are the things that really captivated me as a kid.
BILLY EICHNERWe 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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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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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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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.
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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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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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There have been man-on-the-street interviews for years, but insulting people is not that funny to me.
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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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I have a medical condition, all right. It’s called caring too much, and it’s incurable. Also, I have eczema.
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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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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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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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I think the show [Difficult People] itself creatively has evolved, has gotten much richer and tighter.
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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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Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I’m not the most outgoing person.
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I’ve had a lot of arguments with people, but it’s never really gotten physical.
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