Kathy Bates Quotes

Alexander Payne’s very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them.

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.

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 different kind of role, a different type of character, a different time period.

I think that being in an environment is a much richer experience than just working on a soundstage.

I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented.

It was also wonderful to have the prospect of playing with Jack Nicholson. It was a terrific part, a terrific script, with Alexander Payne and Jack Nicholson. You can’t get any better than that!