Kathy Bates Quotes
A lot of guys come up talking about The Waterboy. I get a lot of that. Misery, Delores Claiborne and The Waterboy, those are the main ones I get.
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Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked.
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I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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There is always the fear of failure, and if you struggle, you become nervous, and that's when the underdogs have an opportunity to create a surprise.
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We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.
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My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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In America, the stories we tell ourselves and we tell each other in fiction have to do with individualism. Every person here is the center of his or her own story. And our job as people and as characters is to find our own motivations and desires, to overcome conflicts and obstacles toward defining ourselves so that we grow and change.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
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I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.
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Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.
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Not that being so mature is a bad thing, but there are times to be mature and there are times to be loose.
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Pray when you feel like it, pray when you don't feel like it, pray until you do feel like it!
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No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.
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I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.
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A lot of guys come up talking about The Waterboy. I get a lot of that. Misery, Delores Claiborne and The Waterboy, those are the main ones I get.
