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.
BILLY EICHNERIronically, my rabbi was a bar mitzvah Nazi. So I got bar mitzvahed. And though I didn’t want to, the theme of my bar mitzvah party was Madonna.
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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 never fully committed to the child actor thing. I also liked being a regular kid and being a student.
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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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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 think New Yorkers – they’re media savvy. People have a sense of humor.
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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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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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If someone walks away from me, I just let them walk, and I move on to the next person.
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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’m not much of a dancer.
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Ironically, my rabbi was a bar mitzvah Nazi. So I got bar mitzvahed. And though I didn’t want to, the theme of my bar mitzvah party was Madonna.
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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 can tell when somebody recognizes me, and I try to avoid those people.
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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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It’s crazy. I don’t know how I’m not dead. People think I’m going to get punched in the face: “Something terrible is going to happen to you.
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