Kathy Bates has had quite a prolific career that spans the big screen, small screen, and the stage. Throughout her time as an actress, she’s received an Oscar, two Emmys, and was nominated for a Tony, among many, many others. The 76-year-old recently won a Critics’ Choice Award for her role as Madeline “Matty” Matlock on the CBS reboot of Matlock, which aired on the 2025 TV schedule. However, she nearly retired before getting the series. Now, she’s opening up about why she was considering it.
The actress has previously admitted that she sees Matlock as her last project before retiring, after initially wanting to retire before the series came to her. While speaking with The Hollywood Reporterduring a roundtable discussion, Bates revealed why she wanted to stop acting and why she ultimately decided to give Matlock a chance. Her reasoning makes a whole lot of sense:
This is something I can really believe in. It means something. Up until that point, things were starting to wind down for me. I was getting roles that I really cared about in films that no one would see. [There was] disappointment in the way things were edited. It started to hurt too much. I just thought that maybe I ought to think about putting my house on the market and moving to France or something. I just wanted some real stimulation.
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