Billy Eichner

It's one thing to hear that someone likes your show; it's a completely different thing to have them come take their time and film something with you on a sidewalk. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

I haven't done many commercials, and I'm very picky about it because it comes down to creative control. ”

Society would be better off if Billy Eichner started getting more dramatic work. ”

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. ”

All that social media hyperbole is just so fake. ”