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I knew what I had to do. I knew I had to keep working at it and keep putting material out there, even if no one was paying me for it.

Billy Eichner

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 EICHNER

Kids Track Voice
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.
BILLY EICHNER

Country Majority People Sound
I was very much an only child who was raised by the television and movies, and I grew up in New York.
BILLY EICHNER

Children Class Country
If someone walks away from me, I just let them walk, and I move on to the next person.
BILLY EICHNER

Moving Next Walks
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 EICHNER

Crazy Fun Nice
Award shows are fun, but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them.
BILLY EICHNER

Arbitrary Awards Fun Watches
I had a lot of fans in New York. The press would write about me, but I couldn’t get a paying job.
BILLY EICHNER

Country Jobs Writing
I can tell when somebody recognizes me, and I try to avoid those people.
BILLY EICHNER

I Can People Trying
Sometimes you go up to people who look totally normal and then you talk to them for a few seconds and you are like, Oh I better get out of this, because this person is a little mentally unbalanced, and they are not going to get a joke.
BILLY EICHNER

Little Looks Mentally People Unbalanced
I am invisible in gay bars.
BILLY EICHNER

Bars Gay Invisible
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.
BILLY EICHNER

Fight Fighting Show Voice Want
I think New Yorkers – they’re media savvy. People have a sense of humor.
BILLY EICHNER

Media People Thinking
I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.
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College Going People
I’m not much of a dancer.
BILLY EICHNER

Activity Dancer Happen Much
I have a medical condition, all right. It’s called caring too much, and it’s incurable. Also, I have eczema.
BILLY EICHNER

Caring Eczema Much Too
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.
BILLY EICHNER

College Country Struggle

I knew what I had to do. I knew I had to keep working at it and keep putting material out there, even if no one was paying me for it.

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I knew what I had to do. I knew I had to keep working at it and keep putting material out there, even if no one was paying me for it.

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