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.
BILLY EICHNERWe weren’t, like, rich people, but we were middle-class people and my parents supported this love I had for entertainment.
More Billy Eichner Quotes
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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 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.
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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 think the show [Difficult People] itself creatively has evolved, has gotten much richer and tighter.
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There’s money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
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I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.
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Difficult People? I don’t really know. I don’t have those metrics.
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I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.
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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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I’m not much of a dancer.
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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 think New Yorkers – they’re media savvy. People have a sense of humor.
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I’d be doing Oscar predictions months ahead of time, and not only for the Oscars, for the Grammys. This is just what excited me as a kid.
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It’s crazy. I don’t know how I’m not dead. People think I’m going to get punched in the face: “Something terrible is going to happen to you.
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I couldn’t just get up every day and be miserable and complain.
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