Pete Holmes Quotes

You need a really solid foundation of friends and family to keep you where you need to be.

I have a great support system.

I'm lucky I've got such a strong group of people around me - my friends, my family who I talk to every day, and it's important that I stay in touch with them.

I wanted to talk to someone. But who? It’s moments like this, when you need someone the most, that your world seems smallest.

If I can help get anybody through puberty, I say, 'Good!'

Social support is everything.

If I'm having a really bad day, I always have a girlfriend - or even a guy friend - who I can call. They'll listen to me wallow for a minute and then be like, 'Okay, let's stop. Everything's great. Let's figure out how to fix whatever's bothering you.'

What people don't realize is that everybody needs support, one way or another.

'Talk to me,' it's what you say to someone to let them know you're there. Just three simple words. But saying them out loud could help save a life.

A lot's riding on 'Dune,' and my friends in Seattle realize what's happening if I freak out a bit. They accept whatever I happen to be, and they tell me when I'm slipping out of Kyle. They call me the 'God Emperor of the Universe.'

I think that if you've got a great support system around you, and a great family, and a tight team around you, I think you don't get lost.

People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being.

My three best friends get me through everything: I need cute jeans, my kids are driving me crazy, I'm throwing a party, whatever. They keep me dialed in.

I can't speak for all women, but I do think that... I mean, me and my girlfriends, we definitely... we're in crisis on a continuous basis...or at least monthly, for sure, I don't know.

I have a good support system of friends and family.

Friends are the best to turn to when you're having a rough day.

Honestly, I don't buy papers or the weeklies. I think when something messy does happen, you just need your closest friends and family all around you, and it's nothing to do with anyone else.

But back then the thing that saved me was the music, and it's certainly the music that saves me now. The music, my family and my friends and everybody around me.

I'm fortunate in that I'm a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with.

Women tend to have recognition and peer group support - recognition from friends and family that this has to be a big issue in their lives. They're more comfortable expressing the need for support and receiving it.

When I've had hard times in my life, the one thing about being in TV is that it's positive. I withdrew to 'Cheers,' it was familiar in that it was family. It had a kind of realistic positiveness to it.

It's always helpful to have somebody help buoy you in difficult times and problem-solve with and to share the marvelous moments with as well.

When you're going through these difficult times of chaos and trauma, the most important thing is to keep those who are closest to you together.

I'm sure it's 10 times easier to handle the criticism and the paparazzi and all of that stuff with somebody by your side that you can share some of that with.

When I booked 'Hairspray,' I really didn't have a support system other than my family and friends.