AHS' Sarah Paulson Says Steven Spielberg's Advice About Directors' Shoes Is Key
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Though she’d worked with Steven Spielberg on the underrated 2017 drama “The Post,” Sarah Paulson noted she hadn’t exactly called the legendary director up for advice before helming her episode of “American Horror Story.” Rather, she learned the insider’s trick during a Director’s Guild of America–sponsored class that is apparently required for first-time directors. When Paulson dropped Spielberg’s shoe-changing tactic on Jimmy Kimmel, even she had to admit it, “Seems like a bizarre thing.”

Kimmel clearly agrees it’s a genuinely odd concept, but Paulson assured him, “Yeah, but it’s a real thing.” She went on to add she was surprised at how effective the method actually is. “You’re on your feet. And I don’t know what it is,” she says, adding, “there’s just something about the pep in your step when you come back from lunch in a fresh pair of shoes.” As it was, Paulson apparently decided to take matters one step further and began changing into fresh socks during her lunch break as well. “Socks too,” she exclaimed, adding, “No one told me that.”

The pair go on to joke about what a seemingly innocuous piece of advice that is coming from a filmmaker of Spielberg’s esteem, but you probably don’t get to the level he’s at without learning to take care of yourself on a film set. As for Paulson, as of this writing, it seems directing was a one-and-done sort of gig. If you’ve seen her episode of “American Horror Story,” we should all be hoping she takes another stab sooner rather than later. 

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