00:00Famed actress Kathy Bates just announced her retirement in a recent interview with the
00:05New York Times, sharing,
00:06"'This is my last dance.'"
00:09Kathy Bates is a legendary actress known for her versatility and captivating performances
00:13across film, television, and theater.
00:16With a career spanning decades, she first rose to fame with her Oscar-winning role as
00:20the obsessed fan in Misery.
00:22Since then, Bates has starred in a wide range of projects, from the heartwarming Fried Green
00:26Tomatoes to the legal drama The Practice, and more recently in American Horror Story.
00:31Now, the 76-year-old actor is ready to make her final appearance in film and television,
00:37in a reboot of the show Matlock.
00:39Matlock is a legal drama which follows an incredibly successful lawyer returning to
00:43work as an unassuming older woman, and using that to help win cases.
00:48Reflecting on how the role was perfect for her, Bates opened up,
00:51"'Everything I've prayed for, worked for, clawed my way up for, I am suddenly able to
00:57be asked to use all of it.
00:59It's exhausting.'"
01:00The actress then looked back on what was a successful but apparently very trying career,
01:05sharing,
01:06"'Pain, pain, pain, pain, pain.
01:09Do I have the right to feel this pain, when I was given so much?'
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