Paulson feels that all people want to see her do is “scream and run from a clown.”
Sarah Paulsoncan do it all, but says she feels she’s only ever asked to do one thing.
“All you want me to do is scream and run from a clown.
Sarah Paulson in ‘American Horror Story: Cult’.FX
“I don’t like clowns,” she reported on a2017 episodeofThe Ellen DeGeneres Show.
And it’s time for a change of pace.
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Sarah Paulson in ‘Ocean’s 8’.Barry Wetcher
America, and the heist comedyOcean’s 8.
And she’s really funny.
So I’d like to do that.”
Paulson’s horror, thriller, and drama credits far outnumber her comedic credits.
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Still, Paulson has nothing but love for her horror roots.
“My favorite thing about the horror genre is that you get to play extremes,” she said.
“Really, really high stakes, everything is really important.
I’ve always been a little bit of a dramatic person.
My mother called me ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ as a kid.
So I’m naturally just, big reactions over small small things.
I think it lends itself to the genre.”
She herself indicated she might not make it another year without coming back.
I would like to do it more than anything.
It’s my home.
It’s where I started."
