Kathy Bates Announces Plans to Retire After Acting for More Than 50 Years

After half a decade in Hollywood, Kathy Bates is ready for some rest and relaxation.

The Oscar winner revealed she will likely retire from acting after her upcoming CBS revival series Matlock, telling The New York Times in a profile published Set. 8, “This is my last dance." 

But this isn't the first time the 76-year-old has thought about retiring, reflecting on a bad experience on an unnamed movie set that left her in tears and wanting to quit.

"It becomes my life," Bates admitted. "Sometimes I get jealous of having this talent, because I can’t hold it back, and I just want my life.”

However, after reading the script for Matlock—which is a reimagining of the classic Andy Griffith legal drama which ran from 1986 to 1995—she immediately connected with the character and changed her mind.

“Everything I’ve prayed for, worked for, clawed my way up for, I am suddenly able to be asked to use all of it,” Bates noted. “It’s exhausting.”

As for her countless memorable TV appearances, she's starred in and appeared on hit series like Six Feet Under, American Horror Story: Coven, The Office, Two and a Half Men, Feud and Disjointed.

 as the "brilliant septuagenarian Madeline 'Matty' Matlock, who, after achieving success in her younger years, decides to rejoin the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within," according to CBS.

The series also stars Jason Ritter, Skye P. Marshall, David Del Rio, Leah Lewis as Bates' younger colleagues.

Don't miss Bates' final role when Matlock premieres Sept. 22 on CBS.

As for her countless memorable TV appearances, she's starred in and appeared on hit series like Six Feet Under, American Horror Story: Coven, The Office, Two and a Half Men, Feud and Disjointed.

In the Matlock reboot, according CBS, the revival stars Bates as the "brilliant septuagenarian Madeline 'Matty' Matlock, who, after achieving success in her younger years, decides to rejoin the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within," according to CBS.

The series also stars Jason Ritter, Skye P. Marshall, David Del Rio, Leah Lewis as Bates' younger colleagues.

Don't miss Bates' final role when Matlock premieres Sept. 22 on CBS.

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