Kathy Bates - biography

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

“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.”

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

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

“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!”

“Jack made it very comfortable for me on the set.  We’d met socially before but never worked together.  You know, he’s very professional, very disciplined and he’s always prepared and knows his lines.”

“The Oscar changed everything.  Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy.”

Kathy Bates has appeared in the following films:
Taking Off (1971)
Straight Time (1978)
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
Two of a Kind (1983)
The Morning After (1986)
My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
Summer Heat (1987)
Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
Signs of Life (1989)
High Stakes (1989)
Dick Tracy (1990)
Misery (1990)
White Palace (1990)
Men Don’t Leave (1990)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Shadows and Fog (1991)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
The Road to Mecca (1991)
Used People (1992)
Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
A Home of Our Own (1993)
North (1994)
Curse of the Starving Class (1994)
Angus (1995)
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Diabolique (1996)
The War at Home (1996)
Swept from the Sea (1997)
Titanic (1997)
A Civil Action (1998)
Primary Colors (1998)
The Effects of Magic (1998)
The Waterboy (1998)
Bruno (2000)
Rat Race (2001)
American Outlaws (2001)
About Schmidt (2002)
Dragonfly (2002)
Unconditional Love (2002)
Love Liza (2002)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
Little Black Book (2004)
Rumor Has It... (2005)
Charlotte’s Web (2006)
Relative Strangers (2006)
Failure to Launch (2006)
Guilty Hearts (2006)
Bonneville (2006)
Fred Claus (2007)
The Golden Compass (2007)
P.S. I Love You (2007)
Bee Movie (2007)
Christmas Is Here Again (2007)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
The Family That Preys (2008)
Personal Effects (2009)
The Blind Side (2009)
Chéri (2009)
Valentine’s Day (2010)
You May Not Kiss the Bride (2011)
A Little Bit of Heaven (2011)