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I think New Yorkers – they’re media savvy. People have a sense of humor.

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.
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Kids Track Voice
The 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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Faces Flavored Hurt Sexually Years
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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Crazy Fun Nice
It was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows – these are the things that really captivated me as a kid.
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Award Kids Winning
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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College Country Struggle
I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.
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Actors Firsts Performance Singing Traditional
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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Children Class Country
I can tell when somebody recognizes me, and I try to avoid those people.
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I Can People Trying
Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I’m not the most outgoing person.
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Actors Outgoing Sound
I think the show [Difficult People] itself creatively has evolved, has gotten much richer and tighter.
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Difficult Lighter Richer Show Think
You’re going to get killed.” That’s not what’s going to kill me. The show is going to kill me. The work is going to kill me. Once I’m on the street, I’m not worried about that.
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Going Kill Killed Once Street
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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Culture Outsider Think
There’s money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
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Involved Line Reputation
I couldn’t just get up every day and be miserable and complain.
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Complaining Get Just Miserable
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.
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Little Looks Mentally People Unbalanced
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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Crazy People Thinking

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