What I do is make myself this over-the-top character that people either find endearing or they think is a joke. Then I can do anything I want.
BILLY EICHNERIf someone walks away from me, I just let them walk, and I move on to the next person.
More Billy Eichner Quotes
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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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It was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows – these are the things that really captivated me as a kid.
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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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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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A lot of comics aren’t their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn’t always ranting and raving.
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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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If someone walks away from me, I just let them walk, and I move on to the next person.
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I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.
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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 think New Yorkers – they’re media savvy. People have a sense of humor.
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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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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’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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There’s money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
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