A biography for Billy Eichnerhasn’t been written yet.
“I have this ongoing obsession with Meryl Streep.”
“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.”
“'Billy on the Street' is a very exhausting show to do, as you can imagine, but it's worth it.”
“'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.”
“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.”
“I'm smart enough to know I shouldn't be behind the wheel.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I'm not the most outgoing person.”
“I only scream if screaming is deserved.”
“Society would be better off if Billy Eichner started getting more dramatic work.”
“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.”
“People come up to me all the time and say, 'I just found out about you!' Part of me is happy, and part of me is, like, Where the hell have you been?'”
“You have to have a sense of humor about all of it - the Emmys and politics and everything.”
“Everyone's life experience is different.”
“I came out to my parents when I was a junior in college. And it was pretty fine. They were more concerned with why I wasn't dating anyone. But now I'm 36, and I still don't date anyone.”
“I like good movies, and I love theater, and things that I grew up loving, I still love.”
“I always want to lead with comedy but hopefully be able to sneak my message through at the same time.”
“There is no way I will survive Mike Pence doing Carpool Karaoke. What song's he gonna sing? 'I Deported Your Grandmother?'”
“One of the first big agencies that represented me, my point person there - this was over 10 years ago, so it's no one who I work with now or have worked with recently - but he told me that I was too ambitious.”