I know is that the response [for Difficult People ] has been really great. I think it's for smart people. I think it's for people who obviously care about pop culture or know about it, even if it's to a fault. I think it's for outsiders. Billy Eichner More Quotes by Billy Eichner More Quotes From Billy Eichner When I opened my mouth to sing as a kid, I kind of randomly had a really good singing voice. And so that put me on the actor track and the musicals track. Billy Eichner track voice kids We weren't rich people, but my parents and I shared an interest in the theater and so we went a lot. And that definitely inspired me. Billy Eichner inspired parent people I've had a lot of arguments with people, but it's never really gotten physical. Billy Eichner argument people I never fully committed to the child actor thing. I also liked being a regular kid and being a student. Billy Eichner actors kids children Sometimes you go up to people who look totally normal and then you talk to them for a few seconds and you are like, Oh I better get out of this, because this person is a little mentally unbalanced, and they are not going to get a joke. Billy Eichner littles people looks I am invisible in gay bars. Billy Eichner invisible bars gay I spend the majority of my time in New York and LA. I feel like a large part of my following and my fans are probably in New York and LA because of the work that I do is very New York-LA-centric. So people do recognize me. But it's nothing overwhelming at all. Billy Eichner majority new-york people 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 new-york writing jobs 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 mitzvah party was Madonna. Billy Eichner mitzvah party want 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 to wonder, is this ever going to happen? Billy Eichner making-money struggle wonder If you're just really loud, people just want - will give you what you want just to get you to shut up. Billy Eichner want giving people You have to fight. You know, you don't want to fight, but you have to fight to make your show your own, to make your voice be heard. You just have to sometimes. Billy Eichner voice fighting want I think New Yorkers - they're media savvy. People have a sense of humor. Billy Eichner media people thinking If someone walks away from me, I just let them walk, and I move on to the next person. Billy Eichner next walks moving Award shows are fun, but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them. Billy Eichner awards fun watches I like talking to a person who is crazy in a fun, eccentric way. I don't want to talk to a legitimate crazy person, because that's not nice. Billy Eichner crazy nice fun I'm not a big reality show fan, because I just think it's too fake. Billy Eichner fake reality thinking 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 focused on establishing the Billy/Julie friendship. Now that that's been established, we don't question that they love each other and what the show's about. So we can meander outside of that. Billy Eichner ensemble people world 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 a very accurate if slightly exaggerated for comedic purposes view of the LGBT world in a way that we have never, ever seen in any television show. Billy Eichner views people thinking Even when I was struggling and had horrible day jobs and wanted to be successful but wasn't finding my way in, I knew what I had to do. I knew I had to keep working at it and keep putting material out there, even if no one was paying me for it. Billy Eichner successful struggle jobs
