I loved all awards shows growing up, but of course, the Oscars was the biggest one.
All I wanted to do as a kid was go to the post-Oscar parties I was seeing on 'Entertainment Tonight.'
I grew up in New York, so I had a lot of access to all kinds of movies, and I would handwrite reviews of them on loose-leaf paper.
I'm not a bro.
People going off on politics on Grindr is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. That's an immediate sign to run in the other direction.
I don't want to do something that's watered down. I don't want to take what I'm known for and dilute it.
If a comedian has a strong following, and the branded segment feels different compared to what you typically do, people will know right away that it's not authentic to who you are as a comedian or performer. Brands need to keep that in mind.
If you're faking it, people will know, and it's going to turn a lot of people off.
I always turn to Wendy Williams when there's any type of ethical or moral crisis in our country.
One of the first big agencies that represented me, my point person there - this was over 10 years ago, so it's no one who I work with now or have worked with recently - but he told me that I was too ambitious.
You don't want to really pick on someone that you genuinely like. In terms of 'Billy on the Street,' there are certain actors - I don't care if they find out because I do feel that way. Though it's almost never about appearance or something out of their control. I pick on choices they've made or roles they've taken.
All that social media hyperbole is just so fake.
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.
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.
Our pop cultural likes and dislikes are still very segregated, and that is not true of 'Billy on the Street.'
There are certain people you're allowed to pick apart and certain people you're not.
I've never even been invited to the GLAAD awards, to sit in the audience. I don't necessarily care, and I'm sure they will one day, and it will be fine, but I've never been invited to anything like that.
'Billy On The Street' has no doubt always been about the people we talk to. That being said, it thrills me that the show really has a dedicated following in the comedy world.
It's one thing to hear that someone likes your show; it's a completely different thing to have them come take their time and film something with you on a sidewalk.
If you're on TV, you can't complain, right? And I understand that, and it's true to a certain degree.
