Quotes by Kathy Bates

About Kathy Bates:

Kathleen Doyle is an American actress, film director and producer. After appearing in several minor roles in film and television during the 1970s and the 1980s, Bates rose to prominence with her performance in Misery (1990), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress; she also received a Golden Globe. She followed this with major roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Dolores Claiborne (1995), before playing a featured role as Molly Brown in Titanic (1997).
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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!

Kathy Bates

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.

Kathy Bates

I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented.

Kathy Bates

Alexander Payne's very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them.

Kathy Bates

The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy.

Kathy Bates

My mother used to tell this corny story about how the doctor smacked me on the behind when I was born and I thought it was applause, and I have been looking for it ever since.

Kathy Bates

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.

Kathy Bates

Drama comes more naturally to me. It's the comedy you really have to delve into.

Kathy Bates

I'm not a stunning woman.

Kathy Bates

I have always had a problem with my weight.

Kathy Bates

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 ...

Kathy Bates

I want to be defined by my own essence.

Kathy Bates

I haven't talked much about being an ovarian cancer survivor because I don't really want to define myself that way.

Kathy Bates

It seems like women are always in the kitchen around food and they're serving and they're giving and they're enjoying and it's part of the plentitude of life and the enrichment of life.

Kathy Bates

I think that being in an environment is a much richer experience than just working on a soundstage.

Kathy Bates

I hope I look skinnier in 3D. I hope I don't look three times as fat. That'll be disappointing.

Kathy Bates

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.

Kathy Bates

I went from years of honing my craft to sudden recognition. It was quite a life changer.

Kathy Bates

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.

Kathy Bates

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.

Kathy Bates

Author Bio

  • NameKathy Bates
  • DescriptionAmerican film actress and director
  • AliasesKathleen Doyle Bates
  • BornJune 28, 1948
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor; Film Director
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Actress; Primetime Emmy Award