Quotes by Billy Eichner

About Billy Eichner:

Billy Eichner is an American comedian, actor, writer, and television personality. He is the star, executive producer and creator of Funny Or Die's Billy on the Street, a comedy game show that airs on Fuse TV. Eichner was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Game Show Host" in 2013. He is also known for playing Craig Middlebrooks on the sitcom Parks and Recreation.
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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

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

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

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

Billy Eichner

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

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

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

Billy Eichner

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

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

Billy Eichner

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

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

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

Billy Eichner

Author Bio

  • NameBilly Eichner
  • DescriptionAmerican television presenter
  • BornSeptember 18, 1978
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Presenter