If someone walks away from me, I just let them walk, and I move on to the next person.
BILLY EICHNERThe 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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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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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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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 think the show [Difficult People] itself creatively has evolved, has gotten much richer and tighter.
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Difficult People? I don’t really know. I don’t have those metrics.
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We’re really fleshing out the whole world of the show [Difficult People]. It’s more of an ensemble now, whereas last season we were very focused on establishing the Billy/Julie friendship.
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I’ve had a lot of arguments with people, but it’s never really gotten physical.
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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 would watch the Oscars and every award show with my parents. I would make lists of who was going to win.
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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 can tell when somebody recognizes me, and I try to avoid those people.
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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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A lot of people in Hollywood, and everywhere pretty much, operate on fear. No one wants to get fired, so everyone’s scared to take a chance.
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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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There have been man-on-the-street interviews for years, but insulting people is not that funny to me.
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