Kathy Bates Quotes

"[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."
-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."
-Kathy Bates

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

"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."
-Kathy Bates

"It makes you look at your priorities."
-Kathy Bates

"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."
-Kathy Bates

"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?"
-Kathy Bates

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