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.
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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It was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows – these are the things that really captivated me as a kid.
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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’m not much of a dancer.
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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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There’s money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
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I think New Yorkers – they’re media savvy. People have a sense of humor.
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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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Difficult People? I don’t really know. I don’t have those metrics.
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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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I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.
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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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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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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.
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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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