I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.
BILLY EICHNERWe’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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Difficult People? I don’t really know. I don’t have those metrics.
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I think New Yorkers – they’re media savvy. People have a sense of humor.
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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 thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.
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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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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 couldn’t just get up every day and be miserable and complain.
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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 have a medical condition, all right. It’s called caring too much, and it’s incurable. Also, I have eczema.
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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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You’re going to get killed.” That’s not what’s going to kill me. The show is going to kill me. The work is going to kill me. Once I’m on the street, I’m not worried about that.
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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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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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There’s money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
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