It’s crazy. I don’t know how I’m not dead. People think I’m going to get punched in the face: “Something terrible is going to happen to you.
BILLY EICHNERIt 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.
More Billy Eichner Quotes
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I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.
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A lot of people in Hollywood, and everywhere pretty much, operate on fear. No one wants to get fired, so everyone’s scared to take a chance.
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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 have a medical condition, all right. It’s called caring too much, and it’s incurable. Also, I have eczema.
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I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.
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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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I came back to New York after college like any number of struggling performers, and you just find that niche where you can have some sort of impact. And for me that turned out to be comedy.
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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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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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I couldn’t just get up every day and be miserable and complain.
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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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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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A lot of comics aren’t their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn’t always ranting and raving.
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I’m not much of a dancer.
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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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