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).
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For a long time I did not want to do television because I did not want to get stuck playing the same person. I wanted the ongoing challenge of a variety of roles.

Kathy Bates

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.

Kathy Bates

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 yo...

Kathy Bates

The roles I was lucky enough to get were real stretches for me: usually a character who was older, or a little weird, or whatever. And it was hard, not just for the lack of work but because you have to face up to how people are looking at you.

Kathy Bates

I have to pay the bills just like everybody else, but it also pays my soul to work.

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