I'd love to be in the '70s. I'd love to have a big, long wig parted down the middle with flat-ironed hair and bell-bottoms. They're actually very flattering for my figure. The wider the leg, the better for a person with a booty. Sarah Paulson More Quotes by Sarah Paulson More Quotes From Sarah Paulson I usually feel like the role comes to you to sort of illuminate some piece of where you are in your life. I feel like I myself am a single woman and I'm childless - by choice - at this point, and I don't know what will happen. Sarah Paulson pieces roles choices I'm interested in telling the character's story, not my beliefs, political or otherwise. Sarah Paulson political stories character All my friends went to the Madonna concert when I was in, maybe, the 9th grade, and my mother refused to let me go. Sarah Paulson grades concerts mother The idea of being on a show where each season stands alone, and you can come back the next year and show an entirely different aspect of your personality or your talent or your anything is an enormous gift that you rarely get in television. Sarah Paulson personality years ideas Your mind knows your pretending, but, in terms of the adrenaline and the fact that you are actually crying, and that you are that upset, and you are screaming, and you are simulating terror, your body does not know that it is not real. Your body feels really wrecked afterwards. Sarah Paulson upset real mind All of my friends went to college and I got a job at Circle Pizza, where I worked for 24 hours. I had to call my mother four times to ask her how to spell Parmesan. I'm not kidding. I was a terrible speller. I think I was really nervous that I somehow didn't feel right out in the world in that way. Sarah Paulson college mother jobs I think sometimes when you can feel the velocity of change, like nowadays, you really need a seat belt. It's almost like having a growth spurt that you can feel, like a 16-year-old who woke up one day and grew four inches literally overnight. That can be a painful thing sometimes. Sarah Paulson growth one-day thinking I'm one of those actors who's just standing there, waiting and ready for something to come my way. I don't really try to think about, "Oh, I feel the next thing I should do should be a feature. Now, I think I should do a play." I just hope someone wants to cast me in something. Sarah Paulson waiting play thinking Playing Sally McKenna was a wonderful, freeing thing because we all in life have so many responsibilities to ourselves, to other people, that we rarely get to explore a very selfish side of ourselves in doing what we want, when we want, how we want, without answering to or being responsible for anyone else. Sarah Paulson selfish responsibility people That is my reality. It's that important to nurture and foster my own creativity. There are plenty of birthday parties I haven't been able to go to, weddings I haven't been able to go to because I've been working. Those are things that have not been easy to give up, but at the same time, it is my reality. It's my responsibility. Sarah Paulson giving-up party responsibility I could never have thought, "I wanna play a two-headed woman." That just never would have occurred to me, in a million years. Sarah Paulson play two years I learned, having played Marcia Clark, what the value of that is in your life because it can affect everything, every choice you make, the way you deal with a stranger on the street, or your best friend or lover. It's a powerful thing to know yourself and to have the commitment and the courage to let that be your guide. Sarah Paulson powerful choices commitment I don't have children, but my work life is as important to me as anything could be. I've dedicated a lot of time and energy and years to it. Some might say some of my childbearing years to it. In and of itself, my work is like a child to me. That is my reality. Sarah Paulson important children reality I'm sporting some really blonde hair because I live in Hollywood and I'm an actress. Sarah Paulson hollywood blonde hair I was a victim of what most people are a victim of, which is really, really just gulping down what was being fed to me by the media. Sarah Paulson media victim people I like that feeling in your brain when you've got seven things that you're holding in one moment-you heard that person cough, you heard that person laugh, you're also saying your line, you're also listening to the person who's talking to you. Sarah Paulson feelings talking laughing I've never been on a show that's run for more than a season. Sarah Paulson seasons shows running When I look at my career, the bulk of it has been television, and I love working in television. But there's a speed at which you do it. You're doing seven to ten pages a day on a series, and it's hard to feel like you're doing the detail-oriented work that I like to do. Sarah Paulson details careers looks If you heard me sing, you would just plug your ears and run, screaming, the other way. I promise. Sarah Paulson ears running promise I will do plays as long as they're interested in having me do them. It's the biggest opportunity to learn the most about how to act. Something I discover every time I'm doing one is how little I know about acting - how important the art of listening is, and how important it is to listen with your entire body. You can tell so much of a story with stillness, and a lot of that can be from really actively listening to your scene partner. Sarah Paulson opportunity long art
