Kathy Bates Quotes

I've trained myself not to put too much emphasis on awards, only because I never got into acting to win an award.

We don't play to be seen. I'm addicted to music, not audiences.

Write for the love of your art. Someplace down the road, the money, the fame, they'll come, but by that time you won't be thinking in terms of money or fame.

I don't put a great deal of stock in art trophies.

You don't want to make awards the reason you're doing things.

The artists who stand out to me have a passion for what they do. There are a lot of people who can sing. It's just like when you go to church and people are singing because it sounds good, not because it feels good. There's a difference.

When I walk onto a set, no matter what it is, I always do the very best work that I can. But I'm not braindead, and I want to do things that I want to do, you know?

I always say to my agents, you go through one of these big kind of movies, everyone makes money, but like, I said, 'I'm the one who's gotta go make it, and if I don't have my heart in it, and it's like a love affair, I'm not going to do a good job. Then, and I don't want to just get paid. I just, I don't want to do that.'

No person writes to win awards.

For me, I never take a job thinking it's going to grab ratings or that it's even going to be a success. I don't. I just take the job because I love the character. Or I love the script. Maybe I love the director. But whatever I do, I never think about how it will do. That is not in my hands.

I feel like that's so important, to enjoy my own music. Because if I'm not passionate about my music, then it's going to show to the fans.

You can't do things for money. You just can't act them. There's gotta be something about the script that you really want to do. I wouldn't do a job if I didn't think I could do the best work I possibly could.

I ask myself all the time, 'Why keep doing this?' If I wasn't exploring or finding something to write about that was personal or meant something, there'd be no reason. If I was ever making a record just to make a record, or ever just like, 'Just put something out there that someone will buy,' I would quit.

I've never really cared if I was famous for my music. It was just something I had to do.

I want to tell stories that I feel for, and I don't want to be a sell-out.

I don't sing for awards, I sing for rewards!

The music is the thing. I am not writing for critics; I don't want to become a personality.

Our statement's on the screen. Awards won't make it better, and a lack of awards won't make it worse.

It's not about me, it's about the music. I don't do this because I want to be a star. I don't do this because I want to make a lot of money.

I do think there's a difference when you see a book where you can tell the creator's doing something they really love or are really passionate about as opposed to an artist or a writer who is just doing a particular job or trying to sell a product or trying to cash in on a popular trend.

As a filmmaker what you can hope to do is doing what drives you.

I was never in this for the money. It's all about the passion for the music.

This creating? It's my passion.

I've never been a person that was concerned about accolades or the media embracing me.

We think accolades are nice, awards are great, but we make music for the people.