Quotes from Billy Eichner

I grew up in New York, so I had a lot of access to all kinds of movies, and I would handwrite reviews of them on loose-leaf paper.

The mainstream needs Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell. The mainstream needs RuPaul.

My father would read me Page Six instead of, like, kids' stories.

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.

You have to have a sense of humor about all of it - the Emmys and politics and everything.

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.

'Billy on the Street' is a persona. It's crafted; it has writers. It's a mixture of performance art and comedy.

To me, what the 'Billy on the Street' persona is, is me as a 12-year-old.

The 'Billy On The Street' persona is truly inspired by who I was as a child - obviously not having an adult perspective on the world.

I was a terrible waiter.

It's not enough for Hollywood to make a bunch of gay movies. That's obviously a big part of the equation, but then gay people have to show up for those movies.

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

I think 'Billy on the Street' is a big show, but why do a show if you won't make it original and unique and powerful?

You don't want to really pick on someone that you genuinely like. In terms of 'Billy on the Street,' there are certain actors - I don't care if they find out because I do feel that way. Though it's almost never about appearance or something out of their control. I pick on choices they've made or roles they've taken.

We need to take a breath and find big ways and small ways to get active.

I'm not a bro.

I like being in my New York bubble. It's the best bubble!

I'm on all the apps: Tinder, Grindr, Bumble, Scruff. I have no shame about that.

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.

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

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

Amy Poehler and I once ambushed people and made them sing Christmas carols with us.

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.

I was obsessed with award shows and made charts and graphs and stuff when I was 7 years old. I found the entertainment business hilarious, ridiculous, and alluring - and my parents supported it, for better or worse.