Kathy Bates made it clear she doesn't actually have any plans to retire yet. “I think people got confused and thought I was going to retire,” she told People on Wednesday, October 9, while discussing the success of her new CBS series,

I’ve never been like an A-string movie star,” Bates tells Obsessed. “I’m getting a chance, finally, to bring everything to the table for the very last act of my career.”

While the actress recently made headlines for saying 'Matlock' is her “last dance," she says she isn’t ready to step away from the industry just yet