Billy Eichner

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1,207 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 28 Jun

Billy Eichner’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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10% Happier with Dan Harris · Billy Eichner On: White-Knuckling Through Life, Hollywood Bulls**t, and the Two Pieces of Advice That Changed Everything · 5 Jun 2026 podcast

You know, what gave me the chutzpah, as my parents would have said and my grandparents would have said, what gave me that confidence to kind of blaze through?

And I had to sit down and think, well, what was it?

And I started thinking about my childhood.

I started thinking about all the ways my parents always supported my interest and passion to the best of their ability.

Again, even though they weren't wealthy people, when I got into Northwestern, which has a renowned theater program, but is also a very expensive school.

And the assumption was because we were in New York that I would always go to NYU, which is not a cheap school.

but at least would mean I was staying local.

And I got into Northwestern and my dad took me to visit Northwestern.

And we sat in on an acting class.

It was just the two of us.

And I turned to him after and I said, I love that acting class so much.

That is exactly where I want to be and who I want to be.

And he said, okay, we'll make it happen.

He said to me, if you want to go there, we'll do what we have to do.

And it was financial aid, and it was loans, and it was student loans for me.

I didn't pay back my Northwestern loans until I got Billy on the Street on TV when I was 32 years old.

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.

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