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.
BILLY EICHNERI can tell when somebody recognizes me, and I try to avoid those people.
More Billy Eichner Quotes
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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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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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I am invisible in gay bars.
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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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I like talking to a person who is crazy in a fun, eccentric way. I don’t want to talk to a legitimate crazy person, because that’s not nice.
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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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Award shows are fun, but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them.
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There have been man-on-the-street interviews for years, but insulting people is not that funny to me.
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I’m not much of a dancer.
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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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Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I’m not the most outgoing person.
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I’ve had a lot of arguments with people, but it’s never really gotten physical.
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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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A lot of comics aren’t their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn’t always ranting and raving.
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There’s money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
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