Kimberly Willis Holt Quotes

For most of my childhood, even through college, there was a lot of feeling very alone. I loved TV, so when those very special episodes of anything came, or when certain characters reflected the world I lived in, I felt connected.

I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.

Even though I was manically overachieving and involved in everything, I still never felt like I belonged. That's definitely affected my whole life and why I wanted to become an actor and tell people stories, because communication and feeling like you belong is such an integral part of our social fabric.

Nowadays, I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.

There's a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I'm in the same boat.

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.

I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider.

Audiences want to feel represented, want to be able to empathize with the characters and the stories they are seeing on the screen.

There are some people who make you feel less lonely.

As a filmmaker, you're looking to reveal something. When other people relate to it, it makes an otherwise lonely world a little less lonely.

Writing is weaponized empathy. It's putting yourself in someone else's head. It's finding what's in them that relates to you.

With every character, the first thing I want to feel is empathy.

I just always want to play people. I don't want it to be necessarily that you relate to the character as female or male, but that you relate to them as a person. That's the driving force.

I want to connect with people that feel unseen.

I felt like an outsider, so listening to a bunch of outsiders' music like Bjork and Patti Smith made me feel better. But at the same time, I didn't have anyone singing specifically 100% about things I could relate to.

Honestly, my goal is just to let people hear my story and just like, feed everybody that could relate to my story in any way.

I think, for a long time, I didn't have people who understood where I was coming from. They were giving me advice on what would be good for them.

You have to present characters an audience can relate to.

I think everybody wants to feel validated in some way, and when you're looking for leisure activities or if you're looking for escapism or things like that, you want to read about characters you can identify with.

People relate to my characters and see me in a different way. They identify with me and remember the nuances of my characters.

If people don't connect to Eric Carter's struggles, I'm sure they'll find a character in this series to connect to. That's ultimately what it's about for me.

People know my story - how I started like they did and that I struggled with things, like being a working mom. They ask me things they wouldn't ask anyone else.

One of the things that happens in our regular lives is that when we're in moments of pain or feeling alone, we may hesitate to reach out to others because we may think - they're not going through the same experiences I am.

I want people to be able to relate to me and the trials and tribulations and struggles that I go through.

I think people come to my music just to feel less lonely.