Billy Eichner

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

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

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.

There are people who have huge YouTube followings - whose every post gets hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of hits. But I don't think that's having the same impact as someone who has a regular presence on television, or both.

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

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

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

I only scream if screaming is deserved.

I like good movies, and I love theater, and things that I grew up loving, I still love.

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

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

I always want to lead with comedy but hopefully be able to sneak my message through at the same time.