Kathy Bates

Bates, Kathy Filmography

• Play in Full Screen The Great Gilly Hopkins

  2014, role: actress , character name: Maime Trotter
• Play in Full Screen Tammy

  2014, role: actress
• Play in Full Screen The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards

  2012, role: actress , character name: Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series & Presenter: Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
• Play in Full Screen 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

  2012, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Cadaver

  2012, role: actress , character name: Beth
• Play in Full Screen You May Not Kiss the Bride

  2011, role: actress , character name: Bryan's Mother
• Play in Full Screen A Little Bit of Heaven

  2011, role: actress , character name: Beverly Corbett
• Play in Full Screen Midnight in Paris

  2011, role: actress , character name: Gertrude Stein
• Play in Full Screen The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards

  2011, role: actress , character name: Herself - Nominee: Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series
• Play in Full Screen Valentine's Day

  2010, role: actress , character name: Susan
• Play in Full Screen Stand Up to Cancer

  2010, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen The 82nd Annual Academy Awards

  2010, role: actress , character name: Herself - Presenter: 'Avatar' Film Clip
• Play in Full Screen Chéri

  2009, role: actress , character name: Madame Peloux
• Play in Full Screen The Blind Side

  2009, role: actress , character name: Miss Sue
• Play in Full Screen First Comes Love

  2009, role: actress , character name: Grace
• Play in Full Screen Personal Effects

  2009, role: actress , character name: Gloria
• Play in Full Screen Lives of Quiet Desperation: The Making of Revolutionary Road

  2009, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Premio Donostia a Ian McKellen

  2009, role: actress , character name: Miss Swaffer
• Play in Full Screen The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club

  2009, role: actress , character name: Pancho Barnes
• Play in Full Screen The Family That Preys

  2008, role: actress , character name: Charlotte Cartwright
• Play in Full Screen Revolutionary Road

  2008, role: actress , character name: Mrs. Givings
• Play in Full Screen The Day the Earth Stood Still

  2008, role: actress , character name: Regina Jackson
• Play in Full Screen The Day the Earth Stood Still: T4 Movie Special

  2008, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo

  2008, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen P.S. I Love You

  2007, role: actress , character name: Patricia
• Play in Full Screen Christmas Is Here Again

  2007, role: actress , character name: Miss Dowdy
• Play in Full Screen 2007 Britannia Awards

  2007, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Charlotte's Web: Some Voices

  2007, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Misery: Diagnosing Annie Wilkes

  2007, role: actress , character name: Annie Wilkes
• Play in Full Screen The Golden Compass

  2007, role: actress , character name: Hester
• Play in Full Screen Bee Movie

  2007, role: actress , character name: Janet Benson
• Play in Full Screen Fred Claus

  2007, role: actress , character name: Mother Claus
• Play in Full Screen Relative Strangers

  2006, role: actress , character name: Agnes Menure
• Play in Full Screen Charlotte's Web

  2006, role: actress , character name: Bitsy the Cow
• Play in Full Screen Life and Loss: The Impact of 'Six Feet Under'

  2006, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen The People's President

  2006, role: actress , character name: Narrator
• Play in Full Screen Have Mercy

  2006, role: actress
• Play in Full Screen Bonneville

  2006, role: actress , character name: Margene Cunningham
• Play in Full Screen Guilty Hearts

  2006, role: actress , character name: The Judge
• Play in Full Screen Have Mercy

  2006, role: director
• Play in Full Screen Solace

  2006, role: actress , character name: Marrows Wife
• Play in Full Screen Failure to Launch

  2006, role: actress , character name: Sue
• Play in Full Screen Ambulance Girl

  2005, role: director
• Play in Full Screen Warm Springs

  2005, role: actress , character name: Helena Mahoney
• Play in Full Screen Ambulance Girl

  2005, role: actress , character name: Jane Stern
• Play in Full Screen Six Feet Under: In Memoriam

  2005, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

  2005, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Rumor Has It...

  2005, role: actress , character name: Aunt Mitsy
• Play in Full Screen Hansel and Gretel

  2005, role: actress , character name: Narrator
• Play in Full Screen San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero

  2005, role: actress , character name: Annie Wilkes

Famous quotes by Kathy Bates:

"I think it's the best thing for them, playing in honor of Brad, and I think they are focused completely on the game at this point that they do him proud. He would be upset if they didn't."

"It's the game Brad loved, and he would have wanted us to play."

"We need to let black America know, we do want you, but we want you on the terms of the United States of America, ... And we want you to be full and complete human beings."

"For me as a director, it was important to create this couple as truthfully as I possibly could. Because as she's becoming more comfortable with her new life and her newfound freedom, their professional life is falling apart."

"They sent the material to me as an actress, ... I liked it so much, and I identified with the character and the script so much, I thought: I don't want anybody else telling me what to do, so can I please direct this?"

"That really happened when Robin came on board, ... He wanted Michael [Stern] to be a real man, not just some accessory to Jane."

"It makes you look at your priorities,"

"[The first few days on the set were] sort of my trial by fire, ... Once you've set the scene, and you know the way you want to shoot it, and how you want to play it, you've got to get into the scene and forget everything else."

"what informs her, both as an actress and as a director, is that she's a keen observer of the human condition."

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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!"

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