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I love 'Homeland.'
I'm not a stunning woman.
I want to be defined by my own essence.
I have always had a problem with my weight.
I didn't go out on one date in high school.
I have had periods of depression in my life.
My deeply secret favorite movie is 'Meet Joe Black.'
Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.
I want to see women onscreen the way I see them in society.
A heart can only discover what it really wants with experience.
One of my favorite films is 'Psycho,' which I saw when I was 12.
I find it safer to pursue the powerful, the ugly, the unpleasant.
When I met President Obama, all I could say was 'wow' - twice. What an idiot.
I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented.
Drama comes more naturally to me. It's the comedy you really have to delve into.
My 14-year-old grandniece is not allowed to watch 'American Horror Story' yet.
I've been in the business for so long that I don't sit home and look at my awards.
I have to pay the bills just like everybody else, but it also pays my soul to work.
What I love about 'The Office' is the fast pace and the zaniness of those characters.
I went from years of honing my craft to sudden recognition. It was quite a life changer.
'Misery' left a lasting mark on me. When I die, it will be 'Kathy 'Misery' Bates Is Dead.'
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.
I hope I look skinnier in 3D. I hope I don't look three times as fat. That'll be disappointing.
Alexander Payne's very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them.
I think that being in an environment is a much richer experience than just working on a soundstage.
I heard I'm going to have scenes with Lady Gaga so I'm hoping it's true. I know of one scene I have.
People will come up, and they'll talk about 'Misery.' But a lot of people will talk about 'Waterboy.'
I was a Stephen King fan and I was amazed that I got the chance to play that role and very glad that I did.
Cancer and its aftermath changed my outlook in a profound way. I've become less of a hermit, and I travel more.
I'm a horror movie fan to begin with, so to come back to the genre, I feel like horror has been very good to me.
I haven't talked much about being an ovarian cancer survivor because I don't really want to define myself that way.
The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy.
I have really focused on mindfulness. That helps me make better choices both physically, psychologically, and emotionally.
I regret not taking my 83-year-old mother to the Oscars the year I won. She deserved the Oscar for giving up so much for me.
I used to play guitar years ago. It brought me a lot of pleasure when I was a teenager growing up and was having tough times.
When Aretha Franklin came on the radio when I was in college, we would stop the car, throw open the doors, jump out, and dance.
I can sit here on the couch and hear you say, "You're very feminine and very attractive," but I have always struggled with that.
I read Stephen King a lot and I've actually played two roles. Delores Claiborne is my favorite, I think, of any film that I've done.
I didn't go out on one date in high school. I played guitar and sang and wrote my own music and poetry and stuff when I was a teenager.
My mother used to ask, 'Why do you always write such sad songs?' I don't know if I was different from a lot of adolescents in that respect.
My inner strength comes from my friends. I have a very close group of friends and family, and we all help each other through our dark times.
I'm not that conservative. I do feel - I guess I'm more of a Democrat at heart, although I've never affiliated myself with a particular party.
A lot of guys come up talking about The Waterboy. I get a lot of that. Misery, Delores Claiborne and The Waterboy, those are the main ones I get.
I've always tried to be honest, and it would be too difficult for me to develop some kind of persona. I don't have enough time or energy for that.
I've heard of actors like De Niro and Streep who stay in character all day long. And Daniel Day-Lewis did it for 'My Left Foot.' I don't do that myself.
I see my sisters, my mother, my grandmother. I like the way I look. I think I have a nice face. I like my eyes, my mouth. I have a good nose. I have good skin.
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.
We all love to hear a good story. We save our stories in books. We save our books in libraries. Libraries are the storyhouses full of all those stories and secrets.
There are a lot of powerful women in Hollywood who have been movie stars for a long time who are getting into their forties and fifties. I still want to see them work.
My mother used to tell this corny story about how the doctor smacked me on the behind when I was born and I thought it was applause, and I have been looking for it ever since.