Kathy Bates Quotes

The last couple of roles I missed out on went to Jennifer Hudson, Jessica Biel and Olivia Wilde.

If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I.

I always wonder why people cast me in anything.

I was the first person in the world to audition for 'The Hobbit'. The casting director told me that when I went in. That's a lot of pressure, isn't it? The first person in the world.

I'm always being introduced as 'Tony Award-winning Douglas Hodge.' It's extraordinary.

I don't want to be in Terminator. I don't want to go to Hollywood.

In L.A. everyone is in the entertainment industry, so you're forced to think about work.

My impression was, 'This Hollywood thing doesn't seem too hard.'

I had a growing career as a model and an actress in London - I had starred opposite Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier in 'The Wilby Conspiracy' - but everyone told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place, they said, and I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me.

The first time I came to California was in January 2013, when I auditioned for 'Vampire Academy.'

I always say: you're not going to find Hollywood. Hollywood will find you! But I'm ready for it: for Hollywood, for Bollywood, for everything!

I did that film just so I could kiss Robert Redford.

I never did love Hollywood, I just loved the work.

I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors.

I want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.

I find often in Hollywood there are many people who play themselves really beautifully. And certain parts are not that dissimilar from who you are as a person.

I was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous.

I like everybody at 'Criminal Minds.' I would like to guest star, but I don't know if that is in the cards.

I auditioned for 'Westworld' thinking it was gonna be a knock-off spoof. Thank God I didn't know Anthony Hopkins was starring in it.

Everyone's like, 'Oh my God, can I ask you something? You were in 'Percy Jackson,' right?' I'm like, 'No, different guy.'

I'm a fan of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and all these people. If I could end up like Jonah Hill, winding up in a Brad Pitt movie, that would be awesome.

I didn't think I'd do movies in Los Angeles. I never thought it would happen. In fact, it was not a fantasy. For me, I said, 'If ever I go there, they will ask me to do 'Legally Blonde 5.'

I don't think my vibe will work in Bollywood. But Hollywood, maybe.

Of course being in movies is very exciting, and it's a wonderful thing for an actor to do.

Now that I am playing a movie star, I am ready to be a real one.