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 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.
BILLY EICHNERThe most outrageous thing happened years ago in my YouTube days, when I asked an older lady – it was like a sexually flavored question and she just slapped me full-on across the face. That’s the one time someone got physically aggressive with me. And it hurt.
BILLY EICHNERDifficult People? I don’t really know. I don’t have those metrics.
BILLY EICHNERI started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.
BILLY EICHNERI thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.
BILLY EICHNERI am invisible in gay bars.
BILLY EICHNERI had a lot of fans in New York. The press would write about me, but I couldn’t get a paying job.
BILLY EICHNERWe’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.
BILLY EICHNERI 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.
BILLY EICHNERWe weren’t, like, rich people, but we were middle-class people and my parents supported this love I had for entertainment.
BILLY EICHNERI have a medical condition, all right. It’s called caring too much, and it’s incurable. Also, I have eczema.
BILLY EICHNERThere’s money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
BILLY EICHNERI’ve had a lot of arguments with people, but it’s never really gotten physical.
BILLY EICHNERWhat 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.
BILLY EICHNERI’m not much of a dancer.
BILLY EICHNERI never fully committed to the child actor thing. I also liked being a regular kid and being a student.
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