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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.

Billy Eichner

Award shows are fun, but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them.
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Arbitrary Awards Fun Watches
I never fully committed to the child actor thing. I also liked being a regular kid and being a student.
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Actors Children Kids Regular Student
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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Kids Months Oscars
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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Anything Character Endearing People
I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.
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Actors Firsts Performance Singing Traditional
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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Award Lists Make Shows Win
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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Caring Eczema Much Too
If someone walks away from me, I just let them walk, and I move on to the next person.
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Moving Next Walks
I can tell when somebody recognizes me, and I try to avoid those people.
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I Can People Trying
It was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows – these are the things that really captivated me as a kid.
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Award Kids Winning
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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Culture Outsider Think
I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.
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College Going People
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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Little Looks Mentally People Unbalanced
I couldn’t just get up every day and be miserable and complain.
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Complaining Get Just Miserable
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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Fight Fighting Show Voice Want
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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Original People Show Thinking Years

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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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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