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I'm just an idiot who puts on clothes and dead people's hair for his wigs
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It's like, it's a job. Well, I took it, well, we all took it on before having read anything
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And we took it on because Ryan Murphy is Ryan Murphy. And both of us have had successful experiences before
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So there was an instant trust. And so it was yes. And then he told me about the idea
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And then he told me about the women who were there doing it. And it was just yes, yes, yes, all the way
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And then I got to discover the character through the scripts as they came in
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And Liberty, I play Liberty Ronson. She's English and a little bit on the outskirts of the group
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I'm always trying to find her way in, but not quite as outskirted as this one
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I was like, what? You're on the inside. Yeah, I am definitely
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I'm on the outside. Compared to you, yeah. But she's passionate about her work, her colleagues, and fixing other women
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But she's also got a little bit of mess in her own personal life, which obviously makes for an interesting character to play
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I totally relate to her because I'm a person. And I think Carrington's problem is, as evidenced by the first episode
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and sort of plays out through the rest of the season, and she sort of feels left out
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And everybody at some point in their lives has felt like the kid on the playground
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that nobody wants to play with. And people respond very differently to that
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And Carrington's response to that is one of like, I will I out for blood and I won rest until you all like shaking like rag dolls on the side of the road Is that too That brilliant Well but it you know like an animal that you know like a dog that takes a toy and tries to break its neck I just feel like that what Carrington is like
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Just, and then spits it. Feels bad after. I don't think she feels that bad afterwards
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No, she doesn't. No. Because she wants to win, you know. She wants to win
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And I think she believes she, you know, it's that thing, and I know you're going to relate to this
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When I was first starting out as an actor and I just wasn't getting any jobs
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And it was like, what am I doing wrong? And trying to figure out what was wrong with me or what I had to try to do
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or who I could be more like and what I could try to do. And it just is really a mind that screws with your brain in terms of like
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what is it that people respond to? And trying to mush yourself into a thing
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And I sort of felt like somehow there was something about this that I was like
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you know, I know what to do here because I can't remember
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I was so into this idea of this. I had a real point
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Yes, I think that's a great point, though. You were wanting to reshape yourself to fit in and to belong
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Instead of recognizing that actually the thing that separates you from anyone else
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and makes you unique is the very thing that you should really be bringing forward
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Because that is, you know, it's like that famous Martha Graham quote to Agnes DeMille
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of like there is only one of you in all of time. And if you block that, the world will not have it and it will be lost forever
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So, you know, you have to be responsible to that calling in yourself if you're an artist
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which makes me want to take a shower. I hate using that word to describe myself. I'm just like an artist, please
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I just an idiot who puts on clothes and dead people hair as wigs It like it a job You know what I mean It like the weirdest job in the world Like let me just romp around pretending to be another person wearing a weird outfit and some Talking to funny voice
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Talking to funny voice and, you know, pretending to be this guy. You know, it's like, what a weird thing to do with one's life
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It is a strange job. It's a really strange job. I would say find your teachers
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Mentors are everything. Find your tribe. I mean, find your group of women that you trust, not just hand holders, women that will challenge you and rise you up
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And trust yourself. You know, the Martha Graham quote is great. There's only one you, and you're enough
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It's so hard to do when you're young, I feel. Yeah, you have to get to know yourself. Really, like, when I look back, I'm just like, wow
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I wish I could have just been like, everything is fine. Just relax
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But it's, you know, hindsight is 20-20, and I can only look back and know those things
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I like to do this for some reason. I can only look back while I'm driving
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Remember when you did that yesterday? You were like, well, I was driving. I can only do that because of sort of my age and where I've landed in my life now
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I can look back and see all the worries and the fears that were for just really no reason
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and did not serve me at all and probably actually were a bit of a hindrance
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between me and the thing that I wanted, you know. So, yeah, hopefully the show does give women, you know, a chance to relate and see these women
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I feel a sense of belonging and stuff too, you know. Oh, God
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Well, we started strong with Ryan putting together, like, everyone he chose, very intentional
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He knows each of us or he came to know us and knew that they would work as a group together And we had a dinner at his house that was spectacular memorable night many conversations yeah that we cannot share yeah that cannot be repeated um but but boy was it fun and that sort
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of set the tone like let's let's be willing let's be open let's go there totally wanted to steal all
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of her clothing I wanted to steal yours um but yeah again Ryan chooses his team carefully um and
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Paula, who was the designer, and Lou Eyrich, they put together fantastic outfits
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And yes, you have a say because, you know, I'm not going to ever wear big patterns
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I can't. They swallow me. But yeah, every outfit is stealable. But no, we're hoping for a second season
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I tried to take some things. And she was like, I thought we were going to get them
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And then we got the word down from the big mouse upstairs that was like, you can leave those things right where they belong
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Hands off. Yeah, but then I thought, who wants to wear my sweaty Prada coat
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That fits only you. And it's got my, like, DNA on it, and I'd like to keep it
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I mean, we have a lot of plans. We haven't heard yet whether that. I think we've got to have it come on, and you all have to watch it
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and spread the word about it, and hopefully it lands with people in a way that is
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Because I do think it is absolutely funny, and it is absolutely racy and sexy and all these things
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but there is at its core a real fundamental sense of sort of uplifting and empowering women
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and conflicts that are resolved. Some are not, some are drawn out
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and it's just, I think there's just a little something for everyone
