Best quotes by Kathy Bates on Work

Checkout quotes by Kathy Bates on Work

• ‟ 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 you.

  - 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
  

• ‟ 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
  

• ‟ I really just love to work, and I don't care if it's TV or movies.

  - Kathy Bates
  

• ‟ I'm always so nervous when I have to do interviews or be on 'The Tonight Show' or the 'Oprah' show, where I have to be myself. I don't know why that's such a big deal - being yourself. But for some reason, I feel good in a dark room talking to actors about acting, doing acting. I like sitting backstage watching people work.

  - Kathy Bates