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.
BILLY EICHNERI 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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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 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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Even when I was struggling and had horrible day jobs and wanted to be successful but wasn’t finding my way in.
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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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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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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’ve had a lot of arguments with people, but it’s never really gotten physical.
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I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.
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Difficult People? I don’t really know. I don’t have those metrics.
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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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I can tell when somebody recognizes me, and I try to avoid those people.
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I never fully committed to the child actor thing. I also liked being a regular kid and being a student.
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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 started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.
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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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