Kathy Bates

I don't know if it was like that for you guys when you started working on the show, but working with their different cameras and the level and the comedy that you guys did, I felt that I was really... Trying to get the feel of that and trying to do, I always felt after I did an episode that I wasn't sure if I'd really done it the best I could.

Wow. Well, I think I was nervous because you guys do the comedy so well, and I don't think of myself as a comedian. And That you worked with the cameras so well. Was that a learning curve for you? I mean, did you... When you started out on it, did you... You had done... When did you start doing it? I mean... The camera?

Wow. Well, I think I was nervous because you guys do the comedy so well, and I don't think of myself as a comedian. And That you worked with the cameras so well. Was that a learning curve for you? I mean, did you... When you started out on it, did you... You had done... When did you start doing it? I mean... The camera?

Wow. Well, I think I was nervous because you guys do the comedy so well, and I don't think of myself as a comedian. And That you worked with the cameras so well. Was that a learning curve for you? I mean, did you... When you started out on it, did you... You had done... When did you start doing it? I mean... The camera?

Yeah. One of the episodes that I think I wish I had prepared for first was when Joe comes in and starts talking about the printers. You know, I would like to have gone back and done that and really gone to town with it. But the other ones I really loved working with, or I mean, Correll, Steve Correll, I couldn't get over what a fantastic actor and improvisationalist he is. So for me,

Yeah. One of the episodes that I think I wish I had prepared for first was when Joe comes in and starts talking about the printers. You know, I would like to have gone back and done that and really gone to town with it. But the other ones I really loved working with, or I mean, Correll, Steve Correll, I couldn't get over what a fantastic actor and improvisationalist he is. So for me,

Yeah. One of the episodes that I think I wish I had prepared for first was when Joe comes in and starts talking about the printers. You know, I would like to have gone back and done that and really gone to town with it. But the other ones I really loved working with, or I mean, Correll, Steve Correll, I couldn't get over what a fantastic actor and improvisationalist he is. So for me,

It was great to be around people like him and John and a whole bunch of the guys and gals. It's just to try and learn from them how they do what they do because it's invisible. Does that make sense?

It was great to be around people like him and John and a whole bunch of the guys and gals. It's just to try and learn from them how they do what they do because it's invisible. Does that make sense?

It was great to be around people like him and John and a whole bunch of the guys and gals. It's just to try and learn from them how they do what they do because it's invisible. Does that make sense?

I didn't see him as DuPont.

I didn't see him as DuPont.

I didn't see him as DuPont.

That's right. He was nominated for an Academy Award. Yes. Yeah. Yes. I was watching it with a friend and we were in about 15 minutes and he said, you know who that is? I said, no, who is that? He said, that's Steve Carell. I said, you've got to be kidding me. I can't believe that's Steve Carell. I mean, he was just, he disappeared into the character.

That's right. He was nominated for an Academy Award. Yes. Yeah. Yes. I was watching it with a friend and we were in about 15 minutes and he said, you know who that is? I said, no, who is that? He said, that's Steve Carell. I said, you've got to be kidding me. I can't believe that's Steve Carell. I mean, he was just, he disappeared into the character.

That's right. He was nominated for an Academy Award. Yes. Yeah. Yes. I was watching it with a friend and we were in about 15 minutes and he said, you know who that is? I said, no, who is that? He said, that's Steve Carell. I said, you've got to be kidding me. I can't believe that's Steve Carell. I mean, he was just, he disappeared into the character.

But back on working with him at the office, I just wish I could have learned more from him. You know, I certainly enjoyed working on the show. I thought it was a lot of fun. I did have a problem transitioning from lines that were written and then the improvisation that we were allowed to do. I don't know if I ever really succeeded. I kept getting tripped up on that.

But back on working with him at the office, I just wish I could have learned more from him. You know, I certainly enjoyed working on the show. I thought it was a lot of fun. I did have a problem transitioning from lines that were written and then the improvisation that we were allowed to do. I don't know if I ever really succeeded. I kept getting tripped up on that.

But back on working with him at the office, I just wish I could have learned more from him. You know, I certainly enjoyed working on the show. I thought it was a lot of fun. I did have a problem transitioning from lines that were written and then the improvisation that we were allowed to do. I don't know if I ever really succeeded. I kept getting tripped up on that.

But it was a wonderful experience. I know toward the end, since Steve was leaving, they were interested in me possibly staying on. And I had gone on to do Harry's Law. But, you know, I don't want to cast aspersions on anybody, but I think it would have been fun to stay on The Office, you know. We would have loved that. For sure. For sure. And really developed that character more, you know.