Quotes from Billy Eichner

No one puts higher expectations on themselves than I do.

I always turn to Wendy Williams when there's any type of ethical or moral crisis in our country.

'Billy on the Street' is the hardest thing that I will ever do.

Usually, you'll have a show like the 'King of Queens,' and there'll be one really fat guy, but at least he has a beautiful wife - they balance it out.

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.

I just love Stephen Colbert. He's a genius.

I think there's a fear once things start to blow up - as the people say - that if you stop for a second, it will all go away.

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 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.

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.

I'd be doing Oscar predictions months ahead of time, and not only for the Oscars, for the Grammys. This is just what excited me as a kid.

I would never be a contestant on my own show. I would never speak to me, and I'd never sign the release.

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.

I just worship Madonna. As, like, a young gay kid growing up in the '80s and '90s... I was at the Blond Ambition tour with my parents vogue-ing up in the mezzanine at the Nassau Coliseum.

'Billy on the Street' is a very exhausting show to do, as you can imagine, but it's worth it.

I was like a fat, sweaty kid growing up in Queens who just was plopped down in front of 'Entertainment Tonight' by my parents.

All I wanted to do as a kid was go to the post-Oscar parties I was seeing on 'Entertainment Tonight.'

I think that I am working to remind myself that it's still my life... you have to enjoy yourself.

If I'm screaming at someone, it's because I think they're an idiot.

People going off on politics on Grindr is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. That's an immediate sign to run in the other direction.

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.

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.

I don't mean to sound like a Pollyanna, but for me, New York is the ideal because of the diversity here. 'Billy on the Street' is really informed by that.

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.