I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.
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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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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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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If someone walks away from me, I just let them walk, and I move on to the next person.
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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.
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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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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 have a medical condition, all right. It’s called caring too much, and it’s incurable. Also, I have eczema.
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I think New Yorkers – they’re media savvy. People have a sense of humor.
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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 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 am invisible in gay bars.
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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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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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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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Difficult People? I don’t really know. I don’t have those metrics.
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