Sarah Paulson

Sarah Paulson Instagram – I had this picture framed and on my bookshelf in my old apartment in West Hollywood. It lived there for many years- it was one of my most cherished possessions. The time I spent doing this play with Linda, who was to my eye, one of the greats- was foundational. We held hands in the dark to find our way to places for the second act. We were together out there, always. She believed in me, I trusted her.
I remember the night when the stuck window, the STUCK WINDOW that the first 5 minutes of the play was centered around, closed ALL BY ITSELF. I was facing Linda, she facing the window- while I heard and she saw the window slowly close. With my heart racing, I stared at her… what the fuck were we supposed to do?? She looked at me, cool as could be and said, “why don’t you come back in and we will start this again?” she went over to the sill, got the window up and re-jammed and I scurried off stage and we started the play from the beginning. The audience went wild, roaring with laughter and applause. This was quintessentially why she was untouchable as a performer- she knew that the audience had seen the window fall, so we couldn’t continue as if it hadn’t- so we fixed it and began again- and they stayed with us. She was incapable of denying reality, and because of it, you knew that you were always safe with her, in an audience, on stage with her, sitting across from her at dinner. Safe. I’m not sure I’ve ever had a person more firmly in my corner- reaching out after seeing anything I was in, celebrating me as if I were her own.
And I was.
I love you forever Linda.
🕊️ | Posted on 30/Dec/2024 23:53:02