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In \"Glass,\" Paulson plays Dr. Ellie Staple, a psychiatrist who specializes in people who believe they are superheroes. The role was originally written for a man, she said.

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PHOTO: Sarah Paulson in a scene from "Glass."
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\"I went in and took it from that man, I don't know who the man was so I'm sorry to you,\" Paulson joked. \"I think not much of the dialogue changed which was great because they didn't try to soften her or feminize her in some way. They just kept her authority and her strength which was really cool.\"

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She went on, \"I said yes without reading the script, which could be crazy but I basically do with with \"American Horror Story\" every year. You never know what they character's going to be so it's sort of in my blood at this point to go, 'Yeah, I want to work with M. Night Shyamalan and [Samuel L. Jackson] and all these people. I think it was a good dice roll.\"

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PHOTO: Sandra Bullock and Sarah Paulson in a scene from "Bird Box."
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Another good dice roll for Paulson was the Netflix thriller, \"Bird Box,\" which has become a global phenomenon.

\"I didn't watch it so I don't understand exactly why,\" she said. \"I'm just jealous of all the people in the movie who got to wear the blindfold. I didn't get to wear the blindfold, you guys.\"

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PHOTO: Sarah Paulson as Ms. Wilhemina Venable in "American Horror Story: Apocalypse."
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Paulson is also a familiar face on \"American Horror Story\" but it's unclear if she'll reprise her role once season 9 premieres.

\"Every year I get to do the wildest stuff on that show,\" she said. \"I've had to do some crazy things where I've had to call my mother and be like, 'This is not something you should watch.' I won't let my grandmother watch it at all. I don't want to raise her blood pressure and she can't watch 'Bird Box.' Almost nothing I do, she can watch.\"

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