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.
A heart can only discover what it really wants with experience. - Kathy Bates
A heart can only discover what it really wants with experience.
- 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… - 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…
I went from years of honing my craft to sudden recognition. It was quite a life changer. - Kathy Bates
I went from years of honing my craft to sudden recognition. It was quite a life changer.
When I was in New Orleans, I was in a grocery store and a woman came up to me and she said, "Oh, my daughter's such a big fan of the show." And I sa… - Kathy Bates
When I was in New Orleans, I was in a grocery store and a woman came up to me and she said, "Oh, my daughter's such a big fan of the show." And I sa…
I want to be defined by my own essence. - Kathy Bates
I want to be defined by my own essence.
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 differen… - 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 differen…
I've always tried to be honest, and it would be too difficult for me to develop some kind of persona. I don't have enough time or energy for that. - Kathy Bates
I've always tried to be honest, and it would be too difficult for me to develop some kind of persona. I don't have enough time or energy for that.
I want to see women onscreen the way I see them in society. - Kathy Bates
I want to see women onscreen the way I see them in society.
We all love to hear a good story. We save our stories in books. We save our books in libraries. Libraries are the storyhouses full of all those stori… - Kathy Bates
We all love to hear a good story. We save our stories in books. We save our books in libraries. Libraries are the storyhouses full of all those stori…
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