We recently connected with Kayla Sutton and have shared our conversation below.

Kayla, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.

One of the biggest risk that I’ve taken has got to be in 2020 when I decided to quit my day job in order to pursue my acting and film career full-time. At the time, I was represented by my agent but, I hadn’t booked my first SAG television or speaking role yet. I had no idea how I was going to do it but I was determined that somehow, some way, I was going to achieve this.

This was right at the beginning of the lockdown when COVID first hit and jobs were closing all over. I thought to myself “if not now, then never”. Even though things were uncertain, I knew I was not alone in wanting to figure out where I was headed and why I wanted to travel down that path. Quitting my job was one of the most liberating things I feel like I’ve done up until that point because I decided to bet on myself and that my life was more valuable than potentially getting sick with COVID while working at a job I didn’t feel was worth it or that valued my livelihood and wellbeing.

It wouldn’t be until a year later that I would book my first role on “Our Kind Of People”. Fortunately for me things started to pick up after that. Needless to say, I have no regrets with the choice I made and I don’t plan on ever going back.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers

I am an actress based in Atlanta Georgia. Acting is my main thing right now but I also am a screenwriter and casting assistant.

I have pretty much always been involved in the arts. I began doing theater back when I was in elementary school and continued throughout most of my childhood. I then decided to also major in musical theater when I went to University. So I have been doing this and have known I have wanted to work within the film industry as an actress for some time now.

Something that I am most proud of has got to be my tenacity. I have been at this for a while now and yet, there has never been a time where I thought ” Maybe I am not cut out for this”. Now, don’t get me wrong, there have definitely been times where I have been discouraged and anxious but I this is where I know I am supposed to be.

Something that I feel sets me apart from others is probably the fact that I am unapologetically myself. I consider myself an outgoing introvert. So many people will try to tell you who you should be in order to make it in this business but I have always liked how reserved, and soft spoken I have remained. With this being said, I am still incredibly ambitious, and hard working. I just hope to inspire other people who are not the loudest, or the most extroverted actors that they can still chase and achieve their wildest dreams if they put in the effort and stay the course.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

The mission driving my journey is honestly just to get to do what I love for a living. I always tell people that what they love never has to be career based but for me the two happen to correlate. I wish to live a life where what I do for a living does not feel like work. I just want to act and live life honestly. That is what drives me these days. I still work hard of course but I have toned down my sleepless nights where I am up trying to find new ways to be productive. If I have learned anything these last few years, it is to get some well deserved rest and to let yourself just relax.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The most rewarding aspect for me is honestly to look back and see how far I’ve come. It always makes me proud of myself to be able to see where I started and how much things have changed because I believed in the work I was doing. This sounds self centered, and maybe it is, but it’s honest. I know that it also heals that inner child in me that dreamed of doing this for so incredibly long. Seeing your dreams become your reality is a feeling that is hard to explain. In short though, it feels pretty freaking good.

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