That was tough, just living from four in the afternoon to four in morning. You'd walk by and see all the lifeboats lined up and the life preservers. But after I saw the film, I thought, he's an amazing storyteller. He really did an amazing job. So I can't complain too much.
Misery loves company.
Flashbacks take us between scenes of Dolores as the hard, sarcastic cynic of today and the sweet, almost naive woman of two decades earlier, when her first brush with death shaped the rest of her life. But Bates says there is no special connection to King's books in her life. I went for the meat. Dolores is certainly a meaty role. Bates credits King.