KATHY BATES
THE OSCAR-NOMINATED ACTRESS ON RICHARD JEWELL, BEATING CANCER AND…THE LOVE BOAT?
The award-winning actress could be adding another gold statuette to her shelf, but she admits her biggest prize is beating cancer.
I JUST EARNED MY FOURTH OSCAR NOMINATION
After winning best actress for 1990’s Misery,
Kathy has been recognized for Primary Colors,
About Schmidt and now Richard Jewell. Among the people who congratulated her this year was Adam Sandler, who played her son in The
Waterboy — and who was passed over for a nod in Uncut Gems. “I love you,” Kathy tweeted back to Adam. “You was robbed!”
I TOOK A CRUISE ON THE LOVE BOAT
An up-and-coming Kathy guested as a newlywed on a 1978 episode. “Every time we wanted to consummate our marriage, something kept getting in the way,” she recalls. “When he tried to carry me into our bedroom, he pulled his back out.”
I’M A TWO-TIME CANCER SURVIVOR
Kathy was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2003 and breast cancer in 2012 and beat it both times. “Cancer and its aftermath changed my outlook in a profound way,” she says. “I’ve become less of a hermit, and I travel more.”
I AUDITIONED FOR THREE’S COMPANY
Kathy lost the role to Joyce DeWitt, but she didn’t mind. “I spent eight hours making sandwiches and looking through this blonde’s legs as she was bent over with her rear end towards me,” she says. “And I thought, ‘I just don’t know if I want to spend my time doing this.’ ”
I VALUE MY LOVED ONES
“My inner strength comes from my friends,” says Kathy. “I have a very close group of friends and family, and we all help each other through our dark times.”