Billy Eichner Quotes

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Billy Eichner

Profession : Comedian

Birth : September 18, 1978

I've actually enjoyed my time in L.A. more than a New Yorker is supposed to.

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If you're pretty, you want to be ugly. If you're loud, you want to play quiet. You always want to challenge people's expectations.

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I just love Stephen Colbert. He's a genius.

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'Billy on the Street' is a very exhausting show to do, as you can imagine, but it's worth it.

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I just worship Madonna. As, like, a young gay kid growing up in the '80s and '90s... I was at the Blond Ambition tour with my parents vogue-ing up in the mezzanine at the Nassau Coliseum.

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We have to remain vigilant and loud and stay consistently engaged with our representatives and the political process every single day, on both a macro and micro level.

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Our new vice president, Mike Pence, is one of the most blatantly anti-LGBT politicians in the country, and most, if not all, of Trump's cabinet is anti LGBT equality as well.

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Probably the most common question I get is, 'Who's your dream guest?' That's kind of annoying because there isn't one.

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When I was child, I was intoxicated by celebrities, showbiz and theatre, but from a child's perspective, where they seem far away.

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'Billy on the Street' is a persona. It's crafted; it has writers. It's a mixture of performance art and comedy.

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I had about five years as a gay guy in New York after college before the whole Grindr explosion happened, where people were still going out to meet each other.

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I do take for granted, probably, the fact that I grew up in New York City, one of the most liberal places on earth, with bleeding-heart, liberal parents who took me to see 'Rent' and Terrence McNally plays from a very young age.

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The mainstream needs Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell. The mainstream needs RuPaul.

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I was like a fat, sweaty kid growing up in Queens who just was plopped down in front of 'Entertainment Tonight' by my parents.

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I grew up watching 'Saturday Night Live.'

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Amy Poehler and I once ambushed people and made them sing Christmas carols with us.

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I think there's a fear once things start to blow up - as the people say - that if you stop for a second, it will all go away.

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I think that I am working to remind myself that it's still my life... you have to enjoy yourself.

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I think 'Billy on the Street' is a big show, but why do a show if you won't make it original and unique and powerful?

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You can't be a great comedian without having self-awareness about others or your own faults. You need a strong sense of self and view on the world. That's what great actors have, too.

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