I was very much an only child who was raised by the television and movies, and I grew up in New York.
BILLY EICHNERI think the show [Difficult People] itself creatively has evolved, has gotten much richer and tighter.
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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’ve had a lot of arguments with people, but it’s never really gotten physical.
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We weren’t, like, rich people, but we were middle-class people and my parents supported this love I had for entertainment.
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Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I’m not the most outgoing 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 can tell when somebody recognizes me, and I try to avoid those people.
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I think New Yorkers – they’re media savvy. People have a sense of humor.
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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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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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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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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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Award shows are fun, but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them.
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I’m not much of a dancer.
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There’s money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
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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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