Ep 149. Sarah Paulson
b'From the outside, it would appear that Sarah Paulson, after her Emmy award-winning performance as prosecutor Marcia Clark\\xa0in The People v. O.J. Simpson, has "made it." She\'s got a role\\xa0in\\xa0Ocean\'s 8, her first "big sh**-kicker, popcorn movie,\\u201d and has the luxury of sifting through multiple film and television offers to choose a part that \\u201csparks something inside of her.\\u201d What more could an actor want?\\n\\nBut that\'s exactly the problem for Sarah. She wants the want. Without it, she finds herself in a bit of an identity crisis. She wants to fight for roles and be challenged by an\\xa0acting part that requires total commitment. As she explains, \\u201cBefore Marcia Clark, I was full of all that want. I don\\u2019t have that anymore.\\u201d\\n\\nThe road to this point was not an easy one for Sarah. She never had her Cannes or Sundance moment like peers Carey Mulligan or Maggie Gyllenhaal. She fought hard for many pilots that never saw the light of day. When she did get her big break, on Aaron Sorkin\\u2019s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, it was cancelled after one season. Luckily, Ryan Murphy eventually came into her life. The prolific producer, writer, and director saw Sarah\\u2019s unique talent of being able to completely disappear into characters, and immediately started casting her in projects like The People v. O.J. Simpson and American Horror Story. She\'s finally being seen, and she gives full credit to Murphy for continuing\\xa0to throw her "the juiciest, meatiest bones on the planet." And lucky for\\xa0us, she\\u2019s still hungry.\\n\\nSarah joins Off Camera to discuss why\\xa0being an actor (or a person, for that matter) is not for the faint of heart, what\'s behind her decision not\\xa0to watch her own performances,\\xa0and why you\\u2019d better not fall asleep on a plane!'