Kathy Bates Quotes
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I have to pay the bills just like everybody else, but it also pays my soul to work.
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I look for a role that hopefully I feel empathy with and that I can understand and love, but also that has that challenge for me to play - a different kind of role, a different type of character, a different time period.
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After winning the Oscar, I was committed to do 'Fried Green Tomatoes,' but I didn't know what the next thing would be after that. It was a scary time. But the advantage of TV is the regular work. All you need is a hit series, I guess.
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The problem I have these days is that women are often cast in a role - as a police officer, for example - and then are invariably perceived by the other characters as succeeding in a man's job, as if they're doing it in spite of being women.
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I went from years of honing my craft to sudden recognition. It was quite a life changer.
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I have always had a problem with my weight.
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The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy.
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Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.
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I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented.
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I want to see women on screen the way I see them in society.
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I hope I look skinnier in 3D. I hope I don't look three times as fat. That'll be disappointing.
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Drama comes more naturally to me. It's the comedy you really have to delve into.
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I haven't talked much about being an ovarian cancer survivor because I don't really want to define myself that way.
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And people are always saying: 'Well, you go to Hollywood and you get yourself a film career or a TV series, and then you can do anything you want. Because then you've got the clout.' That had always sounded like a lot of hooey to me, but now I think it's true, unfortunately.
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Jack made it very comfortable for me on the set. We'd met socially before but never worked together. You know, he's very professional, very disciplined and he's always prepared and knows his lines.
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I think that being in an environment is a much richer experience than just working on a soundstage.
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I love everything. I love being the empathetic characters. I love being the villains. I think it's like when we're kids, we like to play all kinds of crazy characters and dress up.
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I was never an ingenue. I've always just been a character actor. When I was younger, it was a real problem, because I was never pretty enough. It was hard, not just for the lack of work, but because you have to face up to how people are looking at you.
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O.K., we had women's lib in the '60s, the women fought for their roles, they're out there in the work force. Now let's talk about how they're dealing with things as human beings.
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The bottom line is that I'm an actor, so when somebody pitches me a great part, it's a no-brainer. You never know what it's gonna be like, in terms of the actual experience. You can be really excited about a part that can turn out shitty, you can have a bad time, there's a bad egg or two or three, in the bunch, or the producers are weird, or something like that.
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I can sit here on the couch and hear you say, "You're very feminine and very attractive," but I have always struggled with that.
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I'm not that conservative. I do feel - I guess I'm more of a Democrat at heart, although I've never affiliated myself with a particular party.
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It was also wonderful to have the prospect of playing with Jack Nicholson. It was a terrific part, a terrific script, with Alexander Payne and Jack Nicholson. You can't get any better than that!
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I'm very lucky to be able to do what I love to do, and I hope I can keep doing it for a while.