Billy Eichner Quotes

American - Comedian Born: September 18, 1978

No one was asking me to be on TV. So I made my own late-night TV talk show. Billy Eichner

Me, Own, My Own, Talk, Late-Night, Show

My mom had a heart attack, and it came out of nowhere - she was 54. My dad had leukemia for about 3 months. He was 80 when he passed. My dad had me later in life, and so he had leukemia and was alive for about 3 months between diagnosis and passing away. Billy Eichner

Life, Heart, Mom, Me, She, Alive

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. Billy Eichner

Character, Myself, People, Think, I Can

I did see one Tyler Perry movie in the theater. My friends and I went to see, I believe it was, 'Why Did I Get Married?' Billy Eichner

Believe, Friends, Why, I Believe, See

Entertainment, Hollywood, award shows - these are the things that really captivated me. Billy Eichner

Me, Award, Entertainment, Hollywood

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. Billy Eichner

Fear, Money, People, Chance, Hollywood

People saw 'Moonlight' because it was excellent. Billy Eichner

People, Moonlight, Because, Excellent

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. Billy Eichner

Live, Time, Me, Friends, Giving, Band

I'm smart enough to know I shouldn't be behind the wheel. Billy Eichner

Smart, Enough, Know, Wheel, Behind

I can be a bit of a nervous flyer. Billy Eichner

I Can, Nervous, Flyer, Bit

I am Jewish, but I love Christmas, as most Jews with any taste do, because Hanukkah is lame. Billy Eichner

Love, I Am, Taste, Jewish, Christmas, Am

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. Billy Eichner

Equality, New, Country, President, Well

I grew up in Queens, which is the most diverse borough: the rich and the poor and homeless and people of every sexual orientation and gender and age group. Everyone is saying we live in this bubble, and there's some truth to that. But I do not think it is healthy to all of a sudden invalidate the way we live in New York. Billy Eichner

Live, Age, Truth, People, Rich, Homeless

I was very much an only child who was raised by the television and movies, and I grew up in New York. We weren't, like, rich people, but we were middle-class people and my parents supported this love I had for entertainment. Billy Eichner

Love, Parents, People, New York, Child

I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college. Billy Eichner

College, Thought, Going, Like, Kevin

I came back to New York after college like any number of struggling performers, and you just find that niche where you can have some sort of impact. And for me that turned out to be comedy. Billy Eichner

College, New York, Me, Impact, You, New

I would not have a career without Facebook and Twitter. That's the truth. Billy Eichner

Truth, Career, Facebook, Without, Would

Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I'm not the most outgoing person. Billy Eichner

Person, Irritating, Most, Outgoing, Says

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. Billy Eichner

Funny, Me, World, Thought, Important, Go

For some reasons, I have WWE wrestlers tweeting me all the time. Like, my biggest fans. Why they can connect with my love for Meryl Streep, I don't know. Billy Eichner

Love, Time, Me, Know, Why, Connect

There have been man-on-the-street interviews for years, but insulting people is not that funny to me. Billy Eichner

Funny, People, Me, Years, Interviews

If you really think you have something good, you can't take no for an answer. You've got to get in there and ignore the people who say no. Billy Eichner

Good, People, Think, Ignore, You, Say

Facebook is weird. They have all of these seemingly random rules that I'm sure make sense to them, but don't make sense to me or any people. Billy Eichner

People, Random, Me, Weird, Rules, Sense

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?' Billy Eichner

Time, Happy, People, Me, Hell, You

I was a terrible waiter. Billy Eichner

Terrible, Waiter

I grew up worshipping Pee-wee Herman. Billy Eichner

Up, Grew, Worshipping

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