Billy Eichner

But it was always... That was their mentality.

And it wasn't a mentality.

I think I say in the book, so many other parents would have said, this is a lovely hobby for you.

Go get a real job.

We don't have the money to back you up here.

But they just...

didn't feel that way.

They always felt like we are going to do whatever it takes to give you a shot.

And I talk about this in the book, how my dad, I think he had a little bit of a hang up.

My dad was someone who didn't have a lot of money, but would watch CNBC around the clock as if he did and track the stock market.

You know, he was a numbers guy.

He was an accountant.

And I think he maybe had a little bit of a hang up over the fact that he hadn't become a very wealthy man.

And he saw that if you have wealth and you have connections, that that really helps your kid make it in Hollywood.

And he was determined.

determined that just because he didn't have that and we weren't a show business family, he was determined that I would get a shot anyway and did everything he could to make that happen.

And the whole book is a tribute to that.

Oh, yes.

My mom was an incredibly wonderful, sunny person who loved everyone and loved everything.

My mom told everyone she loved them within seconds of meeting them.