I'm glad you posted your speech for others to hear. I was in the stadium when you gave it, my niece was a graduate, and as an older actor in Chicago you gave fantastic advice that even performing artists my age can benefit from. Thank you, Billy!
Excellent advice. I know how you’ve felt those times! Also, Bros was great, I came out of covid seclusion back to the theater for the first time for Bros, and I loved every minute.
This was really inspiring 💜 And you’re so right about how the traditional route is not for everyone, ESPECIALLY in the entertainment industry. It cannot be overemphasized how important it is to take control of your own destiny, putting in the work yourself, bc in youth it’s so hard to conceptualize how things will come together for you in the future, but the unfortunate thing is that things don’t simply come together for 95% of people, you have to physically put them together yourself! There’s no ~magic agent~ that puts in the work for you, preparing a straight-forward series of steps to living your dream life. You have to figure out the steps, you have to do the steps, and sometimes you don’t put in the right steps, and sometimes the steps are right but it’s not the right time. It’s frustrating, it’s SO frustrating to not just achieve the first step and then cruise while the path builds itself before you. But you gotta do it or else you get nowhere. While it sucks that you have to put the steps together yourself, they DO all come together. You WILL turn out okay :) The best time to start was yesterday, but the second best time is now!!!
"Nobody knows a damn thing about how it's going to turn out for you" 🔥🔥🔥 those words are very inspiring, especially for autistic people like me. going the long way around is an inevitability for us.
I found Billy on The Street in 06-07 when I was on college, on the early days of RUclips, and immediately thought it was the funniest man on the street segment ever. He came up with a shtick, perfected it, and ran with it. Kudos.
I think Billy kinda manifested being in The Lion King. In Billy On the Street he was playing a game & told the contestant they were like the wildebeest & that other thing. Sorry trauma don't remember names only Scar... Omg why him deep down am I Scar 😳
I’m glad this is not a dead channel, thx 4 uploading & not forgetting about us Billy 👍😁
He's inspiring college youth...
Billy on the speech!
This was one of the best commencement speeches I’ve seen! Thanks for sharing your story and all the doubts/insecurities you’ve had along the way
Billy has quite some range! Come for the "let's go, lesbians!!" hijinks, stay for this inspiring, rousing speech 🎓👏🎓👏🎓
Excellent speech, Billy! Very inspiring! I would choose you for Showcase any day of the week. 🎭
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You're such a strong human being. ❤
Very inspiring Billy! Success doesn't always happen overnight. Don't ever give up!
great speech man, looking forward to seeing what you do next !
Billy you're the best! I just saw Bros which was great, and later you were in my dreams later, being hilarious. I'm a straight dude by the way.
Well said. Hanging in there and being persistent.
I'm glad you posted your speech for others to hear. I was in the stadium when you gave it, my niece was a graduate, and as an older actor in Chicago you gave fantastic advice that even performing artists my age can benefit from. Thank you, Billy!
I love Billy!
so this is where you been...
wow he's 45 ✨
He’s irrelevant now
Excellent advice. I know how you’ve felt those times! Also, Bros was great, I came out of covid seclusion back to the theater for the first time for Bros, and I loved every minute.
This was really inspiring 💜
And you’re so right about how the traditional route is not for everyone, ESPECIALLY in the entertainment industry.
It cannot be overemphasized how important it is to take control of your own destiny, putting in the work yourself, bc in youth it’s so hard to conceptualize how things will come together for you in the future, but the unfortunate thing is that things don’t simply come together for 95% of people, you have to physically put them together yourself!
There’s no ~magic agent~ that puts in the work for you, preparing a straight-forward series of steps to living your dream life. You have to figure out the steps, you have to do the steps, and sometimes you don’t put in the right steps, and sometimes the steps are right but it’s not the right time.
It’s frustrating, it’s SO frustrating to not just achieve the first step and then cruise while the path builds itself before you. But you gotta do it or else you get nowhere. While it sucks that you have to put the steps together yourself, they DO all come together. You WILL turn out okay :)
The best time to start was yesterday, but the second best time is now!!!
"Nobody knows a damn thing about how it's going to turn out for you" 🔥🔥🔥 those words are very inspiring, especially for autistic people like me. going the long way around is an inevitability for us.
TRUMP 2024 BABY! WOOOOOOOOOOOh! 🥳
congrats William !! you're awesome. congrats to your Parents. Maybe take your parents to the Races on the weekend !
I found Billy on The Street in 06-07 when I was on college, on the early days of RUclips, and immediately thought it was the funniest man on the street segment ever. He came up with a shtick, perfected it, and ran with it. Kudos.
Billy💕💕💕
Billy you are my biggest inspiration and one day im gonna make it and meet you and show you this comment.
This was fantastic
Love your Billy On The Street Channel those videos are so hilarious & got me through covid times & other dark days ❤
National treasure: Billy Eichner 💅🏽🙌🏽 👑
This inspired me to vote for Donald Trump 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Excellent speech! Go Cats! CAS '74
Great speech 👏
My favourite gay person in the world ❤
Really? He's pretty much the worst 😂
Trump 2024
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Billy 👏👏👏
great speech bro
Plz come backkkkkk 🥺
I think Billy kinda manifested being in The Lion King. In Billy On the Street he was playing a game & told the contestant they were like the wildebeest & that other thing. Sorry trauma don't remember names only Scar... Omg why him deep down am I Scar 😳
TDS is a helluva drug.
MAGA 2024 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
so damn ass encouraging
That would be a graduation to be proud of great job billy😂
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Bring back billy on the street as a game show with real prizes and billy gets a real paycheck for it one that makes him
Imagine recycling a skit and character from 2010 with No Name will ferrell just to simp for an undemocratic luuser. Talk about fallen off.
Billy Loves Trump, And I do Too! Trump Will Rise Again!!
Who think getting a college degree is anything special anymore??
That's so 70s
I had to unsubscribe. This is not what I subscribed for initially.
Just keep watching and commenting, it helps him all the same!