Billy Eichner Quotes

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Billy Eichner

Profession : Comedian

Birth : September 18, 1978

I was very much an only child who was raised by the television and movies, and I grew up in New York. 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'm a very outside-the-box kind of guy.

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No one puts higher expectations on themselves than I do.

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I did start out as an actor. I went to Northwestern; I did musicals. I did plays.

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'Billy on the Street' is the hardest thing that I will ever do.

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Usually, you'll have a show like the 'King of Queens,' and there'll be one really fat guy, but at least he has a beautiful wife - they balance it out.

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It's always really funny to watch someone who really wants something who isn't getting it but who's desperate for it.

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When I came out to my parents, I knew that they knew. My father was like, 'Are you sure?' I literally said, 'You took me to see Barbra Streisand at Madison Square Garden.'

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I have a vivid memory of loving Keith Hernandez, the first baseman for the '86 Mets. I grew up in Queens, so when the Mets won the World Series that year, it was a big deal.

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I don't think my voice has changed very much when it comes to things that I create. It's just my perspective, my point of view, and I guess that really hasn't changed very much. Luckily, it hasn't had to change in order for me to work.

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You grow older, you evolve.

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Society would be a lot better if people watched Hulu's original programming and not just 'Mozart in the Jungle,' which everyone is watching, apparently.

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Society would be better off if Billy Eichner started getting more dramatic work.

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I'm smart enough to know I shouldn't be behind the wheel.

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My favorite Tyler Perry movie? Ugh, how can you decide? For me, it's basically like: Kurosawa, Tyler Perry, Martin Scorsese, in that order.

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I did see one Tyler Perry movie in the theater. My friends and I went to see, I believe it was, 'Why Did I Get Married?'

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I have this ongoing obsession with Meryl Streep.

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I would never be a contestant on my own show. I would never speak to me, and I'd never sign the release.

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I can be a bit of a nervous flyer.

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I do not like not having Wi-Fi in general, but certainly not on a plane. I fall apart.

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