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Billy Eichner

Profession : Comedian

Birth : September 18, 1978

The 'Billy On The Street' persona is truly inspired by who I was as a child - obviously not having an adult perspective on the world.

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If you're faking it, people will know, and it's going to turn a lot of people off.

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I grew up in Queens, which is the most diverse borough: the rich and the poor and homeless and people of every sexual orientation and gender and age group. Everyone is saying we live in this bubble, and there's some truth to that. But I do not think it is healthy to all of a sudden invalidate the way we live in New York.

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I would watch the Oscars and every award show with my parents. I would make lists of who was going to win. 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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One thing that I love about 'Difficult People' is that Julie Klausner and our showrunner, Scott King, have written the lead character I play as a fully formed man.

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A lot of comics aren't their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn't always ranting and raving. 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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The streets of New York are diverse, but when you go into a Broadway show, unless Denzel Washington is in it, or Fantasia's in it, it's a lot of old white people and gay men.

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I don't want to do something that's watered down. I don't want to take what I'm known for and dilute it.

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'Billy On The Street' has no doubt always been about the people we talk to. That being said, it thrills me that the show really has a dedicated following in the comedy world.

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I'm on all the apps: Tinder, Grindr, Bumble, Scruff. I have no shame about that.

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Entertainment, Hollywood, award shows - these are the things that really captivated me.

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Our pop cultural likes and dislikes are still very segregated, and that is not true of 'Billy on the Street.'

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Saying gay people shouldn't be the punchline is basically saying don't make people the punch line, which I think is ridiculous. The whole point of comedy is, on some level, to make fun of ourselves and put everything into an absurdist context.

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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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If a comedian has a strong following, and the branded segment feels different compared to what you typically do, people will know right away that it's not authentic to who you are as a comedian or performer. Brands need to keep that in mind.

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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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It's one thing to hear that someone likes your show; it's a completely different thing to have them come take their time and film something with you on a sidewalk.

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Facebook is weird. They have all of these seemingly random rules that I'm sure make sense to them, but don't make sense to me or any people.

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I took the Oscars very seriously as a child.

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I haven't done many commercials, and I'm very picky about it because it comes down to creative control.

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