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Kathy Bates Doesn't Know If She 'Ever Really Succeeded' in Improvising During Her Time on The Office

Kathy Bates explained on 'The Office Ladies' podcast why she found acting on 'The Office' so challenging. She also praised costar Steve Carell.

Bates, 76, opened up about her role as Jo Bennett, the CEO of Sabre, on the Dec. 11 episode of The Office Ladies podcast, hosted by former cast members Angela Kinsey and Jenna Fischer. “You know, I certainly enjoyed working on the show,” Bates explained, calling it “a lot of fun.” But, she said, she had a “problem” transitioning between the lines that were written and the improv the cast did. Still, she said it was a “wonderful experience” and though she left, in part, to lead her own show, Harry’s Law, she thought staying on The Office would have been fun.

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