What does it mean to feel emotionally fulfilled? In most TV shows and movies, the answer is often found in a romantic relationship. In fact, Bridget Everett, 52, has a great deal in common with her TV personaβincluding their hometown of Manhattan, Kansas a.
But anyone who follows the comedian and actor knows that she is one of a kind. But having my own TV show was never a goalβit kind of fell in my lap, and I made the most of it. I wanted to be a singer. I was mostly singing in karaoke bars, and people started finding me. I did one show that led to another show that led to another.
The goal at the time was to keep going, not to achieve something massive. I waited tables for a very long time. I was 40 years old and waiting tables.
What do I know? That being said, I spent a lot of time not believing in myself, and I wish I had made an emotional investment in myself a whole lot sooner than I did. I kept going because when I was onstage, I felt indestructible. I felt like I had worth on stage. My character on Somebody Somewhere, Sam, was kind of sleepwalking through life. Then she meets the love of her life, her best friend, Joel. I think the love of your life can be a friend.
For me, my friends are my great love. When I grew up in Kansas, I always felt a little bit like an outsider. Then I went to school at Arizona State, where I also felt like an outsider. For some people, the most important relationship is a romantic partner. So, we wanted to focus on a different kind of storyβthe love story between Sam and Joel.
