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.
Kathy BatesI'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.
Kathy BatesMy 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.
Kathy BatesI 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.
Kathy Bates