Ashley Walker has lived with dyslexia her entire life and says Holland’s comments make her “feel happy” because it “isn’t spoken about enough”.
“Especially by people who have it. We tend to try and not speak about it because of the stigma,” she tells BBC Newsbeat.
In his interview, Holland also mentioned he dreads a read-through for his roles and tries his best to prepare for it.
“When I have to read out loud, it just becomes like a kind of mental block. And I can freeze,” he told Poehler.
“Like at the read-through, I will try and highlight everything and learn my lines ahead of time.”
Ashley, 25, relates to Holland’s experiences, particularly when she was a child.
“They would ask you: ‘please read out loud to the class’. It was a horrible experience.
“Because you can lose your place while you’re reading.”
Government statistics show that 6.3 million people in the UK have dyslexia, while one in six adults have the reading level of an 11-year-old.