Kathy Bates Quotes

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Kathy Bates

Profession : Actress

Birth : June 28, 1948

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.

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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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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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I want to be defined by my own essence.

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

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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.

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It matters to me, acting. It's what I do. It's what I've given up a lot to do. It's my life source. And I guess I'm too serious about it sometimes, but I want to treat it right.

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I have had periods of depression in my life.

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I've heard of actors like De Niro and Streep who stay in character all day long. And Daniel Day-Lewis did it for 'My Left Foot.' I don't do that myself.

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My mother used to ask, 'Why do you always write such sad songs?' I don't know if I was different from a lot of adolescents in that respect.

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Cancer and its aftermath changed my outlook in a profound way. I've become less of a hermit, and I travel more.

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My inner strength comes from my friends. I have a very close group of friends and family, and we all help each other through our dark times.

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I have really focused on mindfulness. That helps me make better choices both physically, psychologically, and emotionally.

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I got my SAG card quite unexpectedly. I was here in Los Angeles doing a play called 'Vanities' - it was 1976, I believe - and I got invited by Dustin Hoffman, whom I'd met in New York, to come audition for a movie he was directing.

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'Misery' left a lasting mark on me. When I die, it will be 'Kathy 'Misery' Bates Is Dead.'

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What I love about 'The Office' is the fast pace and the zaniness of those characters.

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I kind of grew up on horror.

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One of my favorite films is 'Psycho,' which I saw when I was 12.

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I love 'Homeland.'

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