I had a lot of fans in New York. The press would write about me, but I couldn't get a paying job. — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
I was very much an only child who was raised by the television and movies, and I grew up in New York.… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
I grew up in New York, so I had a lot of access to all kinds of movies, and I would handwrite… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
I had about five years as a gay guy in New York after college before the whole Grindr explosion happened, where people… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
I don't mean to sound like a Pollyanna, but for me, New York is the ideal because of the diversity here. 'Billy… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
The streets of New York are diverse, but when you go into a Broadway show, unless Denzel Washington is in it, or… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
I came back to New York after college like any number of struggling performers, and you just find that niche where you… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
I spend the majority of my time in New York and LA. I feel like a large part of my following and… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
I do take for granted, probably, the fact that I grew up in New York City, one of the most liberal places… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
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… — Billy Eichner Copy Share
We'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… — Billy Eichner Copy Share
It's one thing to be struggling and not really making money in your early 20s and figuring out your life. Early 30s, you start… — Billy Eichner Copy Share
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… — Billy Eichner Copy Share
I came back to New York after college like any number of struggling performers, and you just find that niche where you can have… — Billy Eichner Copy Share
I have a medical condition, all right. It's called caring too much, and it's incurable. Also, I have eczema. — Billy Eichner Copy Share
You have to have a sense of humor about all of it - the Emmys and politics and everything. — Billy Eichner Copy Share
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… — Billy Eichner Copy Share
'Billy On The Street' has no doubt always been about the people we talk to. That being said, it thrills me that the show… — Billy Eichner Copy Share
It's been a very strange trajectory because I struggled for so many years. I mean, I was doing these videos, I was doing these… — Billy Eichner Copy Share
I think it [ Difficult People] is for people who don't feel that they have been properly represented on TV. I think it's painting… — Billy Eichner Copy Share
One thing that I love about 'Difficult People' is that Julie Klausner and our showrunner, Scott King, have written the lead character I play… — Billy Eichner Copy Share
I was like a fat, sweaty kid growing up in Queens who just was plopped down in front of 'Entertainment Tonight' by my parents. — Billy Eichner Copy Share
