A biography for Billy Eichnerhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I thought it would be funny to go to my Korean dry cleaner and ask her about my head shot, as if it's the most important thing in the world, and as if it's something that everyone should weigh on because it's important to me.”
“Amy Poehler and I once ambushed people and made them sing Christmas carols with us.”
“When I was child, I was intoxicated by celebrities, showbiz and theatre, but from a child's perspective, where they seem far away.”
“If you're faking it, people will know, and it's going to turn a lot of people off.”
“I haven't done many commercials, and I'm very picky about it because it comes down to creative control.”
“There are people who have huge YouTube followings - whose every post gets hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of hits. But I don't think that's having the same impact as someone who has a regular presence on television, or both.”
“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.”
“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. There's money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.”
“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.”
“'Billy on the Street' is the hardest thing that I will ever do.”
“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.”
“All I wanted to do as a kid was go to the post-Oscar parties I was seeing on 'Entertainment Tonight.'”
“I am Jewish, but I love Christmas, as most Jews with any taste do, because Hanukkah is lame.”
“We have a whole art department on 'Billy on the Street.' We give away dioramas that we've made.”
“I did a live late-night talk show called 'Creation Nation' with friends of mine. I had a sidekick and a band, and I wrote the whole thing. And it had the form of a late-night talk show, but we did it on stage because no one was giving me a TV show at the time.”
“I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.”
“I would never be a contestant on my own show. I would never speak to me, and I'd never sign the release.”
“I just love Stephen Colbert. He's a genius.”
“No one puts higher expectations on themselves than I do.”