There’s money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
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.
More Billy Eichner Quotes
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I’m not much of a dancer.
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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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I never fully committed to the child actor thing. I also liked being a regular kid and being a student.
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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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I can tell when somebody recognizes me, and I try to avoid those people.
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I couldn’t just get up every day and be miserable and complain.
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I am invisible in gay bars.
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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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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 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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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.
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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’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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It was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows – these are the things that really captivated me as a kid.
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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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