American - Actress | June 28, 1948 -
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
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Drama comes more naturally to me. It's the comedy you really have to delve into.
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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.
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I'm not a stunning woman.
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I have always had a problem with my weight.
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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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