I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.
BILLY EICHNERI think New Yorkers – they’re media savvy. People have a sense of humor.
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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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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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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 couldn’t just get up every day and be miserable and complain.
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I think the show [Difficult People] itself creatively has evolved, has gotten much richer and tighter.
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I am invisible in gay bars.
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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’ve had a lot of arguments with people, but it’s never really gotten physical.
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Award shows are fun, but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them.
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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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If someone walks away from me, I just let them walk, and I move on to the next person.
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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 thought it would be funny to go to my Korean dry cleaner and ask her about my head shot, as if it’s the most important thing in the world, and as if it’s something that everyone should weigh on because it’s important to me.
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It was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows – these are the things that really captivated me as a kid.
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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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