128 Quotes by Billy Eichner

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

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 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.

I would watch the Oscars and every award show with my parents. I would make lists of who was going to win. 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 think that I am working to remind myself that it's still my life... you have to enjoy yourself.

Award shows are fun but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them.

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?

The streets of New York are diverse, but when you go into a Broadway show, unless Denzel Washington is in it, or Fantasia's in it, it's a lot of old white people and gay men.

You can't be a great comedian without having self-awareness about others or your own faults. You need a strong sense of self and view on the world. That's what great actors have, too.