We have a whole art department on 'Billy on the Street.' We give away dioramas that we've made.
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 was alive for about 3 months between diagnosis and passing away.
I'm on all the apps: Tinder, Grindr, Bumble, Scruff. I have no shame about that.
Everyone's life experience is different.
People saw 'Moonlight' because it was excellent.
I haven't done many commercials, and I'm very picky about it because it comes down to creative control.
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 we did it on stage because no one was giving me a TV show at the time.
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.
Jim Carrey and Steve Carell did dramatic roles. I look up to them. You want a career like that.
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 on the Street' is a very exhausting show to do, as you can imagine, but it's worth it.
Award shows are fun but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them.
I can be a bit of a nervous flyer.
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.
Anytime you're the creative force behind something and in front of the camera - we're not complaining, but it is an avalanche of work.
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 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.
Even when I was struggling and had horrible day jobs and wanted to be successful but wasn't finding my way in, I knew what I had to do. I knew I had to keep working at it and keep putting material out there, even if no one was paying me for it.
I learned early on that 'Billy on the Street' is a great lesson in 'Don't judge a book by its cover.'
I was like a fat, sweaty kid growing up in Queens who just was plopped down in front of 'Entertainment Tonight' by my parents.
