Kathy Bates talks “Matlock” role, ageism and her healthy lifestyle: “Every day feels like a miracle.”
Actor Kathy Bates is taking on a new role in the CBS legal drama series, “Matlock,” at a time she said she considered going into semi-retirement.
“Then all of the sudden, I got this script, and I thought, ‘Oh wow. I’ve got to do it.'”
Bates revealed in an interview with “CBS Mornings” that at 76 she didn’t think an opportunity like this would happen.
losing 100 pounds over the years.
“I just feel like a different woman, I really do,” she said. “I look in the mirror and I go ‘oh my gosh’ or I go into my costume fittings and I’m wearing a size 10 and it’s just so different from being a 3x and being able to walk and move and pick things off the rack … How these two things coincided in my life, being really healthy and then suddenly being given this gift, just every day feels like a miracle.”
Passionate about her work, the Emmy and Academy Award winner said she just sees herself as a “working actor.”
“It’s always about the work for me. It’s about the work and the accolades are wonderful and all of this is really exciting … it’s the work that gets us there and it’s the work that we all love to do.”
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