The Emmy-winning actress Sarah Paulson immerses herself soul deep into every role, to the point of nearly vanishing. The forty-eight-year-old brushes away vanity like lint, preferring to inhabit and occupy the roles of women who some (most) might label “difficult” (Linda Tripp, Marcia Clark, Nurse Ratched). “It’s not my job to determine whether they are likable or worthy people,” she explains, adding that for her, it’s more. “Can I go home at night and feel that I attempted to do something with truth at its center? And if I did, that’s enough.” Well, that and the thrill of pulling the transformation off. “I like to be a little scared.” For Paulson, teetering on the tightrope of failure with no net, well, “there’s nothing more wonderful.”
The Shape-Shifting Sarah Paulson
Nov 20, 2023
4 minutes
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