Kathy Bates Breaks Down Her Career, from 'Titanic' to 'American Horror Story'

Reba McEntire originally had her role in Titanic.

That would've been interesting, R1.

I like Bates, but it's hard to respect anyone who depends on the kindness of Ryan Murphy for work.

Love her.

She's a treasure.

A real actress in the best sense of the word. She looks better than she ever has in that clip .

She started on soaps: "The Doctors", "All My Children", "One Life to Live". On "The Doctors", she shared scenes with future megastar Kathleen Turner.

Look at OP's image and tell me that isn't caneface.

Is Kathy Bates a lesbian?

She did the swamp mom character in Water Boy because her nephew told her she should. A great role.

Wonderful actress- one of my favorites over the years.

A total class act. Love her. She is one of the few actresses nowadays who truly "has" it.

She, Streep, Judy Davis, Glenn... divine

Congrats, baby!

Love,

Your “favorite”,

she scared the bejesus out of me in Misery.

and "TAWANDA!!!!" is classic. who hasn't wanted to smash a bitch for stealing your parking spot?

Delores Claiborne is one of my all time favorite movies.

It's perfect.

She should've won another Oscar for Dolores Claiborne. I can't even remember who won that year, but Kathy deserved it. That was an incredible performance.

She was unforgettable in Dolores Clairborne. A phenomenal performance. Judy Parfitt was also, alongside Bates, completely robbed of annOscar nomination.

This movie is not mentioned much, but I thought Bates was really good in A Home of Our Own with Edward Furlong.

. . .and not a MENTION of Disjointed!?

I saw her at an AHS panel for "Hotel". Everyone but Gaga was there and Kathy was the most interesting and the kindest panelist-Angela Bassett being a close second.

Thank you, OP. That was absolutely wonderful.