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And it’s because of Jessica [Lange] that I reconnected with Ryan Murphy, who I had done one episode of Nip/Tuck with years prior. I went for dinner with Jessica in L.A., and Ryan was there, and she was like ‘Can you find something for Sarah to do?’ And Ryan was like, ‘Yeah.’ And then I came on as the medium in season one of American Horror Story, and the rest is history.
Emmy winner Sarah Paulson talking to BFF Pedro Pascal in Interview magazine about how ‘American Horror Story‘ creator Ryan Murphy changed the trajectory of her Hollywood career.
Well, what Ryan gave me unequivocally was a career. My work with him gave me currency as a performer, and he kept asking me to do things that were challenging and operatic, and connected me to a thing I didn’t know I was capable of, which was big swings. I wasn’t aware that I was capable of doing something broad or something brave.
But the thing that has become very clear to me, that is almost more important than the opportunities he gave me, is that he’s my friend before anything else. He is completely interwoven in my development of self, because through his gaze, I sort of discovered my own tastes, my own sensibilities—what spoke to me, what didn’t.
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Paulson has worked on 14 of Murphy’s projects including nine seasons of American Horror Story and two seasons of American Crime Story.
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Sarah Paulson on the Pedro Pascal daddy discourse: “I would not want him to be my daddy, personally”
“It’s just so psychotic. Everybody wants a piece of him.”
monty clift
If Ryan Murphy is leading your “taste,” then you took a wrong turn back there somewhere.
bachy
The cloying tongue-bath actors give directors in interviews often makes me wanna puke.
moby8403
Omg get over yourself. She’s just showing appreciation for the impact he made on her career.
RIGay
My thoughts, exactly.
En par with Queerty, though.
Selverd
Comments being deleted now?
Kangol2
For some, not all, it seems. I’ve noticed if I use the wrong word or go over a word count, my comments get frozen. Not sure what’s up, though.
dbmcvey
Nothing new.
abfab
Q ANON
bachy
I think it’s good to point it out when it happens. I honestly don’t think it should be taken “personally.” Queerty is obviously making adjustments to their moderation system and they won’t know how appropriately it’s working if people don’t comment on it.
abfab
Which you have been doing for the LAST 98 WEEKS!
Kangol2
I am glad to see Jessica Lange’s name mentioned. Talk about an actor! She was delicious in her brief appearances in Feud: Truman Capote vs. the Swans.
abfab
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Crime Of The Heart.
oh god make me stop! I love her big hands. They are big!
Chrisinthe305
Why did you use a picture of Pedro Pascal and Sarah Paulson to tell a story story about Ryan Murphy
jp47
Read the sentence in red after Paulson’s quote above. It’s a Q & A she did with Pascal from Interview magazine.
Selverd
@jp47 it’s still clickbait to make you think the “gay man” Paulson is talking about is Pedro.
dbmcvey
I know there are people who hate Murphy but he’s really given a lot of people their start in the business who, due to bias, would have had a hard time getting people to even consider them either because they’re trans or gay, and employed a lot of actresses at an age when other producers loose interest.