Billy Eichner

“Our new vice president, Mike Pence, is one of the most blatantly anti-LGBT politicians in the country, and most, if not all, of Trump's cabinet is anti LGBT equality as well.”

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

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

“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...”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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 th...”

“If you're faking it, people will know, and it's going to turn a lot of people off.”

“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.”

“I can be a bit of a nervous flyer.”

“Society would be a lot better if people watched Hulu's original programming and not just 'Mozart in the Jungle,' which everyone is watching, apparently.”

“All that social media hyperbole is just so fake.”

“Jim Carrey and Steve Carell did dramatic roles. I look up to them. You want a career like that.”

“My favorite Tyler Perry movie? Ugh, how can you decide? For me, it's basically like: Kurosawa, Tyler Perry, Martin Scorsese, in that order.”

“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...”

“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...”

“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.”