Sarah Paulson (Extended) | Seoul Sucker

Summary

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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Episode: Sarah Paulson (Extended) | Seoul Sucker
Date: October 30, 2025

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Overview

This episode features Emmy and Tony-winning actress Sarah Paulson discussing her career highlights, her recent Tony win, her foray into high fashion, and starring in the new Ryan Murphy series “All’s Fair.” The episode also includes Stephen Colbert’s signature satirical monologue on current events, playful banter, and a heartfelt tribute to Diane Keaton.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Monologue: Global Politics, Windmills, and Animal Escapades

[01:36 - 10:45]

• Donald Trump’s Asia Tour:
  Colbert humorously recaps Trump’s visit to South Korea, poking fun at the ceremonial excess and menu (“They’re literally making him the Burger King. Now kneel, now kneel” [04:08]), and Trump’s frosty interaction with Canadian PM Mark Carney.

  • Memorable Quote:

    “He’s like reverse Santa because you want to stay as far away from his lap as possible.” (03:10, Stephen Colbert)

• Windmill ‘Phobia’:
  Highlighting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s (RFK Jr.) claims that “windmills are the most dangerous thing ever created by man,” including pseudo-scientific worries about their effects on whales and bald eagles.

  • Memorable Quotes:

    “If you have one near your house, your house is worthless. And they say the noise causes cancer.” (05:48, RFK Jr.)
    “Yes, it’s the whales who are crazy.” (06:19, Colbert)

• Airport Delays and Squirrel/Monkey Escapades:
  Joking about government shutdown effects and segueing into animal “emergencies” in Texas and Mississippi—as only Colbert can, blending real news with absurd humor.

Sarah Paulson Extended Interview

[14:18 - 27:11]

Paulson’s Tony Win & Broadway Origins

[15:37 - 16:42; 16:44 - 16:55]

• Winning her first Tony for “Appropriate”:
  She describes the award as a “literal dream come true,” recalling watching the Tonys as a child.
  • Memorable Quote:

    “The idea that I would actually get to do it, get to do it in a way that was like, the most creatively fulfilling experience I’d had in a long time. And then get a freaking Tony Award was like the coolest thing that ever happened.” (16:18, Sarah Paulson)

  • Keeps her Tony in her bedroom and greets it each morning.

Runway Debut at Paris Fashion Week

[16:57 - 19:20]

• Modeling for Prada:
  Paulson shares the anxiety and humor of walking the runway, playfully describing her “leg of a Scottie dog” compared to the models.
  • Memorable Quotes:

    “When they called, I was like, yeah, of course.” (17:24, Sarah Paulson)
    “At the end, you all come out together. And I couldn't keep up with the person in front of me... The person behind me was like, ‘I'm gonna step on your head if you don't hurry up.’” (18:26, Paulson)

• Demonstrating the Runway Walk:
  Sarah and Stephen have fun with a mini catwalk lesson.
  • Memorable Moment:

    “I think it's a lot of, like, pelvis… you want to, like, lead like this, you know?” (18:40, Paulson, with laughter in studio)

All’s Fair – New Series with Star-Studded Cast

[19:20 - 23:10]

• Discussing Cast & On-Set Experiences:
  Paulson marvels at working alongside icons like Glenn Close, Kim Kardashian, Niecy Nash-Betts, Naomi Watts, and more.
• The ‘Fatal Attraction’ Viewing at Kris Jenner’s House:
  The cast hosts a wine-fueled movie night, introducing Kim Kardashian to the classic film starring Glenn Close.
  • Memorable Moments:

    “[Glenn Close] had a picture of margaritas at the bottom of this elevator scene... every time she would do the makeout and she was nervous, she would like, go over there and glug, glug, glug, and then be like, let's go.” (20:38, Paulson)

  • Kris Jenner serves cookies with Glenn Close's face, which Sarah saves in her freezer as a memento.

Role in All’s Fair and Series Synopsis

[23:11 - 24:36]

• Paulson Plays Villain ‘Carrington Lane’:
  The character is inspired by Alexis Carrington from “Dynasty.” Carrington is excluded from an all-female law firm and seeks revenge.
  • Memorable Quote:

    “Having me as an enemy is very unwise. You are all about to find out what that's like.” (23:46, Paulson in character)

Memories of Diane Keaton

[24:36 - 27:11]

• Heartfelt Tribute Following Keaton’s Passing:
  Paulson lovingly recalls working with Diane Keaton on her first major film (“The Other Sister”), sharing an industry lesson about empathy, professionalism, and kindness.
  • Memorable Quotes:

    “The most important thing you can do for any person anywhere... is to think of the other person and to try your best to consider what the other person is going through.” (26:10, Paulson) “She was more interested in you than she was in herself, or she'd be more interested in every single person in this audience than she was in herself.” (26:25, Paulson)

  • Paulson now emulates that support for fellow actors.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Trump’s Global Tour:

  “We didn't come to South Korea to eat burger patties with ketchup, but that's just traveling with a toddler for you. Trump is plain pasta, pasta, butter, salt. Trump is.” (04:36, Stephen Colbert)

• On Fashion Week:

  “I presented at the Oscars. Yeah. This was the most nerve wracking thing I've ever done.” (18:04, Paulson)

• Cookie Conundrum:

  “I did not eat these cookies because I didn't really feel right about, like, biting into Glenn. Felt weird to me. So they're in my freezer. And I think there they will stay.” (21:17, Paulson)

• On Diane Keaton:

  “All the actors have gone home except for Diane. Went back to her trailer and changed into her regular clothes, got a glass of wine and came and sat down and did all the off camera for me.” (25:56, Paulson)

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Timestamps of Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment Description | |:----------|:---------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:36 | Colbert’s monologue on Trump, South Korea, and global politics | | 05:48 | RFK Jr. windmill segment – satirical take on pseudoscience | | 10:03 | Animal news bit: monkey escapes & Sarah Paulson’s entrance | | 14:18 | Sarah Paulson interview begins | | 15:37 | Discussion of Tony Award win | | 16:57 | Runway debut and Prada experience | | 19:20 | “All’s Fair” casting and “Fatal Attraction” movie night | | 23:11 | “All’s Fair” character details and series premise | | 24:36 | Tribute to Diane Keaton – mentorship and kindness | | 27:11 | Episode wrap-up and thanks |

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Conclusion

This episode blends Stephen Colbert's trademark wit and timely satire with a delightfully candid, humorous, and at times deeply emotional conversation with Sarah Paulson. Paulson’s infectious charisma shines—whether sharing star-studded “All’s Fair” stories, recounting her Tony win, or reflecting on acts of kindness from legends like Diane Keaton. The episode’s tone is playful yet sincere, making it both entertaining and touching for listeners.

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Transcript

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[Stephen Colbert]

Welcome down here, up there, out there. Welcome one and all to the Late Show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert. Ladies and gentlemen, Donald Trump. He's still out. He's still flying around the world right now collecting gifts wherever he goes. He's like reverse Santa because you want to stay as far away from his lap as possible. Today, Trump's tour of Asia took him to his second favorite, Korea south, and they immediately started the smooching on his keister. Here's the South Korean military band greeting him with ymca. I know that's kind of his song at this point, but it really undercuts the gravity of an official presidential occasion. It reminds me of how Obama nearly ruined his famous address. Good evening. Tonight I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden. A little bit of Monica in my line, a little bit of Erica by my side, a Little bit of Rita. I don't know why they did that. I still don't know why he did that then. I'm not going to say the Koreans brown nosed him, but they got so far up there, I'm pretty sure they snorted one of his tonsils because they gave Donald Trump the only thing he's missing at this point, a big golden crown. And their official lunch featured mini beef patties with ketchup. They're literally making him the Burger King. Now kneel now, Neal. Hold on. There you go. Now kneel and kiss my onion ring. Trump's day ended with a dinner featuring leaders from all over the world, including Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, which Trump responded to by posting, we didn't come to South Korea to see Canada. Well, we also didn't come to South Korea to eat burger patties with ketchup, but that's just traveling with a toddler for you. Trump is plain pasta, pasta, butter, salt. Trump is. So he's mad at Carney over a Canadian anti tariff commercial that had Ronald Reagan in it. Which is probably why, according to attendees, Trump exchanged pleasantries with many of his counterparts, but. But did not engage with the Canadian Prime Minister. Yeah, he gave Carney the cold shoulder, or as they call it in Canada, the shoulder. So, yeah, they're used to it up there. So it must have been a little awkward when Trump and Carney were seated across from each other. Oh, drama. Do we know which aide arranged the seating chart? Yeah, that tracks. Oh, oh, oh, yeah. Oh, absolutely. Oh. And there was plenty of wine to toss because the dinner featured a special drink menu complete with Trump Chardonnay and Trump Cabernet Sauvignon. Which is actually ironic because Trump famously does not drink alcohol. There hasn't been a celebrity branding mismatch this bad since Nick Cannon. Condoms. You know their slogan, these don't work. Another guy got there. We got there eventually. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Another guy bellowing up to the all you can smooch butt buffet is HHS secretary. And man the zombie runs away from RFK Jr. RFK's boss. The president has long believed that windmills are the most dangerous thing ever created by man.

[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]

The windmills are subsidized heavily by the government and they cost a lot of. And if you have one near your house, your house is worthless. And they say the noise causes cancer.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's like a cemetery.

[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]

We put a little. We put a little statue for the poor birds. You know, in California, if you shoot a bald eagle, they put you in jail for five years. And yet the windmills wipe them all out. They're driving the whales, I think, a little batty. The windmills are driving the whales crazy, obviously.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes, it's the whales who are crazy.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

At least.

[Stephen Colbert]

It'S what a little dead bird told me. Then this big, strong bald eagle, this big, strong. I'm by a windmill, I'm sitting there by a windmill, and this big, strong bald eagle comes swooping in. He's got tears in his eyes, flies down next to me. He says, kah. Then he dies. And I set that windmill to jail for five years because of Trump's phobia. Yesterday we learned RFK Jr. Directed the Centers for Disease Control to study the alleged harms of offshore wind farms. Yes, windmills have long been associated with risks to human health. As Don Quixote famously said, I have dementia. So is that what he said? It sounds better in Spanish. Sounds better in Spanish. So what are these? What are all these alleged harms out there? Well, windmill phobes fear the electric magnetic frequency generated from undersea cables, but experts say that these fields are similar to those emitted by many household appliances. Fun way to test this out at home is to take a quick bath with your toaster oven. Now, we had some fun just now with the idea of getting into a tub with a kitchen appliance, but please don't do that. We actually got a note from the network's lawyers saying, hey, could you just do a little aside here telling people that you didn't mean it and that it was just a joke. So that's what I'm doing right now. And I just. Anyway, I just want to take a moment here, actually, to thank legal, and also I want to let them know that when we get these kind of notes, it makes me want to take a bath with my toaster oven, which. Which I won't do because that would make my grilled cheese soggy. Now, there are people who claim to be suffering from stress, fatigue, and headaches from living near the wind turbines, but some experts say it's a psychological effect caused by negative expectations called the nocebo response. And if you suffer from nocebo, ask your doctor about no medicine. Side effects of no medicine include nothing. Nothing and diarrhea. Back in D.C. now, Galo, you gotta clean that up. You can clean all that up like that. Okay? Down in D.C. today marks the 29th day of government shutdown. To put that in layman's terms, that's one day for every day the government's been shut down. It's really messing with air travel right now, air traffic controllers are expected to work but aren't getting paid. And as a result, flight delays are becoming more common across the country as more controllers call out sick. It's gotten so bad that On Monday, nearly 7,000 flights were delayed nationwide. Bad news for travelers. Good news for every airport's Auntie Anne's. You know their slogan, Auntie Anns. We have mathematically engineered the world's wettest pretzel. That's right. Wet, wet. I've never had a nanny, Annie. Are they good? We should get some. Yesterday, I brought you the urgent coverage about fat squirrels in Texas. It was a squirrel alert or Squillert. Well, for an unprecedented second day in a row, I bring you another Squillert. But this time it's about monkeys. This is a Squillert Monkey. Mergency. Squirrel. Squirrel. Squirrel.

[Sarah Paulson]

Monkey.

[Stephen Colbert]

Squirrel. Squirrel. Squirrel. Monkey. Welcome. Yesterday, monkeys escaped after a truck overturned on a Mississippi highway. That is such irresponsible driving. I mean, who was behind the wheel? The crash specifically led to the escape of multiple rhesus monkeys. The escape has left the community of rhesus in pieces now.

[Sarah Paulson]

Thank you.

[Stephen Colbert]

There you go.

[Sarah Paulson]

There you go.

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[Stephen Colbert]

Absolutely. Now, most of the monkeys have been, let's say, taken to a farm upstairs by the police, but three monkeys are still unaccounted for. They were last seen, despite doctor's orders, jumping on the bed. And it's important to note the monkeys are being called aggressive. And deputies have said they carry hepatitis C, COVID 19, and herpes. So I have a brief public service announcement for Mississippi residents. Do not have sex with these escaped monkeys. Don't do it. I get it. It's tempting. I understand. I get it. Everybody loves a bad boy. They've got opposable thumbs, they know how to use tools, and they'll go to town on anything with peanut butter on it. But please resist the urge for their forbidden sweet monkey love. Also, they have hep CS who do not share needles with the monkeys, no matter how much pure Turkish black tar heroin they are holding. Hold on. Wait a second. I'm getting some new monkey information. This is an UHA update. Welcome. We've just learned that the owner of the monkeys, Tulane University, has disputed the disease claims and has said the primates are not infectious. So local residents, a revision. Have sex with these monkeys, but not in a tub with a toaster oven. We got a great show for you tonight.

[Sarah Paulson]

Coming up.

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Sarah Paulson.

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[Stephen Colbert]

Ladies and gentlemen, my tonight is an Emmy and Tony award winning actress. You know from the People vs. O.J. simpson and the anthology series American Horror Story. She now stars in the new Ryan Murphy series All's Fair. Please welcome back to the Late show, the delightful Sarah Paulson. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I love the combinations, almost like tailcoat, cape you got going on.

[Sarah Paulson]

I like a, a fashion momo.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, yeah. We got more fashion momos coming up soon.

[Sarah Paulson]

We got some fashion momos later. Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

So lovely to see you.

[Sarah Paulson]

Really lovely to see you too.

[Stephen Colbert]

I asked the producer right before you came out here, I said, how many times has Sarah been on? This is your eighth time. Eighth time, eight. Over 10 years. And I just want you to know in case I have not made it clear in your previous appearances that you are one of my favorite guests I've ever had. You're such a delight.

[Sarah Paulson]

That's very kind of you.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm so let's.

[Sarah Paulson]

Well, the feeling is entirely mutual. I go on a lot of these shows. I've been doing this a long time because I'm old and you are the best to ever do it. I really feel that way.

[Stephen Colbert]

Really do. Thank you. I gotta say. I gotta say, this interview's going pretty good so far. Okay. Since your last visit.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay. You won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a play for your work in appropriate. Congratulations for that. Thank you very much. Thank you. That's nice. Thank you. That's nice.

[Sarah Paulson]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

How did it feel to return to your hometown of New York?

[Sarah Paulson]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Great wide way. And walk away with the top prize.

[Sarah Paulson]

It was a literal dream come true. I mean, I know that people spend a lot of time in this business and in all businesses, sort of pooh, poohing. That's right. I said poo, poo, poo, Pooing one's achievements. And I had dreamt about something like that happening to me since I was a tiny child. I watched the Tony Awards as a kid. As a kid. I remember when they used to. Instead of just doing musical performances, they would do little vignettes from plays. So I would watch them do these scenes, these wonderful actors and Marion Seldes and Angela Lansbury. And I just dreamt, dreamt, dreamt of doing it. So the idea that I would actually get to do it, get to do it in a way that was like, the most creatively fulfilling experience I'd had in a long time. And then get a freaking Tony Award was like the coolest thing that ever happened.

[Stephen Colbert]

And you got it. And where do you keep it now?

[Sarah Paulson]

I keep it. It's in my bedroom, Stephen. And I do look at it every morning when I wake up. It's like the first thing I do. I'm like, good morning, Tony.

[Stephen Colbert]

Another first this year.

[Sarah Paulson]

Good morning.

[Stephen Colbert]

We said we were going to get into the fashionable. You entered the world of high fashion. You made your Runway debut at Paris Fashion Week.

[Sarah Paulson]

I did.

[Stephen Colbert]

There you are. You look appropriately unhappy.

[Sarah Paulson]

Well, as.

[Rosetta Stone Advertiser]

Exactly.

[Stephen Colbert]

You're supposed to look sad.

[Sarah Paulson]

Yeah. Supposed to look sad. And as you can tell, I mean, I'm obviously a supermodel. You can tell, obviously. Like, you've never seen any prettier person in your life than me. Ever.

[Stephen Colbert]

Ever.

[Sarah Paulson]

So, like, when they called, I was like, yeah, of course.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. Who called?

[Sarah Paulson]

Prada. Mrs. Prada. The Prada people.

[Stephen Colbert]

Mr. And Mrs. Prada.

[Sarah Paulson]

Mrs. Prada.

[Stephen Colbert]

The Pradas.

[Sarah Paulson]

The Pradas.

[Stephen Colbert]

They called Roger and Alice Prada.

[Sarah Paulson]

Mrs. Mukher. Michea Prada.

[Stephen Colbert]

Michea Prada.

[Sarah Paulson]

Okay. Yes. And they asked me. I've worn them a lot in these sort of. I wore them when I won the Tony and when I won the Emmy.

[Stephen Colbert]

And would you come Prada for us?

[Sarah Paulson]

Would I come Prada And I said, not only will I cum Prada, I will Prada for you. You know what I mean?

[Stephen Colbert]

We have a clip of you Prada ing up here.

[Sarah Paulson]

That was the scariest thing I've ever done.

[Stephen Colbert]

I can't imagine.

[Sarah Paulson]

No, no, it was scary. I presented at the Oscars. Yeah. This was the most nerve wracking thing I've ever done.

[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]

How do you prep?

[Sarah Paulson]

You rehearse with all the models whose legs are as long as my entire body. I have, like, the leg of a Scottie dog. It starts. It's like, very low to the ground. And they're one.

[Stephen Colbert]

Like, you're hard to push over.

[Sarah Paulson]

Yeah, it's like you cannot. Exactly. And the models, they take one step, and I'm like, running behind them, trying to catch up with them. And at the end, you all come out together. And I couldn't keep up with the person in front of me. And the person behind me was like, I'm gonna step on your head if you don't hurry up. And I was like, really trying to.

[Stephen Colbert]

Is there a specific gate you're supposed to do?

[Sarah Paulson]

Yeah, I'm gonna show it to you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Show me a little action here.

[Sarah Paulson]

Y. I think it's a lot of, like, pelvis. Like, you know, Stephen, your pelvis has to be forward a little bit.

[Stephen Colbert]

Why?

[Sarah Paulson]

Just because you want to be, like, lead with a. Yeah, you want to, like, lead like this, you know? Come on, Steven. Yes, yes, yes, yes.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

Excellent.

[Sarah Paulson]

I wanted that. Yes, yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

So good.

[Sarah Paulson]

Yes, yes, yes. I love the little hat.

[Stephen Colbert]

Maybe I'll do that come June. All right. It's always waiting for me there. Did I lose a few pounds?

[Sarah Paulson]

Yeah, man.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, on my way.

[Sarah Paulson]

It's ready for you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay. So you're now starring in the new series All's Fair. And look at this amazing cast. Here you go. Look at these people.

[Sarah Paulson]

Yeah, it's nutty.

[Stephen Colbert]

There you go.

[Sarah Paulson]

That's Glenn Close.

[Stephen Colbert]

Glenn Close right there.

[Sarah Paulson]

Glenn Close.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sarah Paulson right there. That's you. Teyana Taylor, Kim Kardashian, Niecy Nash Betts and Naomi Watts.

[Sarah Paulson]

Yeah, it's like a crazy high power.

[Stephen Colbert]

Ladies. I understand you guys got together for a sleepover.

[Sarah Paulson]

We didn't have a sleepover. That would have been so fun. We had a drunken, debauched night watching Fatal Attraction at Kris Jenner's house because Kim had never seen the movie. And the show stars Glenn Close, and the movie stars Glenn Close. And so somehow that conversation happened, and it became very Clear that we needed to stat get Kim to watch the movie. And Glenn was like, I would like to be there.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. And so was Kim terrified?

[Sarah Paulson]

Kim was not. Kim is not terrified of anything. She's not terrified. She was like, yay. She was excited even when she comes.

[Stephen Colbert]

Out of the tub. No. Oh.

[Sarah Paulson]

Oh, you mean. Yeah. No, she was not. No. Kim was taking pictures of Glenn's negligees because of, like, a new skim campaign idea. She was, like, clicking away at the images, and I'm, like, nerding out, like, Glenn, how did you do that scene? That's so. And she was. Glenn was talking about how she had a picture of margaritas at the bottom of this elevator scene. You know when they're really getting down in the elevator? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Rosetta Stone Advertiser]

Ye.

[Sarah Paulson]

And they're really getting down the elevator. And Glenn was like, oh, God, I had a picture of margaritas waiting off. It was right down there, like, camera left. And I was like, what do you mean? And she said every time she would do the makeout and she was nervous, she would, like, go over there and glug, glug, glug, and then be like, let's go.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. Yeah. Stanislavski advice.

[Sarah Paulson]

It's how the great method actors do it. Yeah.

[Rosetta Stone Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. Yeah. Snacks.

[Sarah Paulson]

Oh, so many snacks. There were snacks that Chris Jenner had made. Cookies with Glenn Close's face on it. Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

I was given a cookie photo. I don't know what this is.

[Sarah Paulson]

A cookie reference photo.

[Stephen Colbert]

Is that one?

[Sarah Paulson]

Yeah, that's it.

[Stephen Colbert]

What are these here?

[Sarah Paulson]

So these are. That's the movie poster. This one is really great. Glen with the screaming mouth and the knife on a cookie is really amazing, I think. But I did not eat these cookies because I didn't really feel right about, like, biting into Glenn. Felt weird to me.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes.

[Sarah Paulson]

So they're in my freezer. And I think there they will stay.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, ok. Good.

[Sarah Paulson]

Yeah. Because it felt like a pretty big deal to have something like that as a keepsake. Then I wouldn't want to keep here and then not have it anymore.

[Stephen Colbert]

Eventually.

[Sarah Paulson]

You know how that happens.

[Stephen Colbert]

Eventually. Eventually don't have it. So what is fair play about? And who do you play?

[Sarah Paulson]

I. Okay, so all's fair is a show.

[Stephen Colbert]

All's fair.

[Sarah Paulson]

I said fair play. Same thing you are. My name is Sarah.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

And.

[Sarah Paulson]

So happy to be here.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy. I want you to know. So happy to be here.

[Sarah Paulson]

I'm glad that you're here.

[Stephen Colbert]

Keep going. Yeah.

[Sarah Paulson]

If you Are.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm partly. I'll go. Yes.

[Sarah Paulson]

The show is called All's Fair and it is.

[Stephen Colbert]

Look at this cast. Unbelievable.

[Sarah Paulson]

Really good.

[Stephen Colbert]

Really good. Yes, really good. And you play.

[Sarah Paulson]

And I play a woman named Carrington Lane, who I think Carrington, I think is a nod to Alexis Carrington from Dynasty.

[Stephen Colbert]

Of course.

[Sarah Paulson]

I think I've decided it's like coded that that's really what it's about because I am the villain. But the reason I'm the villain to these, you know, very magical, powerful group of women is that they start their own law firm and they don't take me with them. They start an all female law firm where they only represent women and they don't take me with them. And it's because I guess they think I have a bad attitude and they don't like me a lot. But I don't know why I'm talking like this, but I want to. I don't look like this on the show, I promise.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, let's find out if anybody is in the show. We have a clip here. What need we know?

[Sarah Paulson]

You need to know that Glenn Close was all of our mentor and I was the best lawyer of the bunch. And she decides not to take. She does not support. When the other women decide to start their own firm, she says it's okay for them not to take me. And I'm crushed beyond belief. And you know, Stephen, hurt people, hurt people. So I make it my mission to get revenge.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yvonne.

[Sarah Paulson]

I will start my own law firm. I will walk out of here.

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[Sarah Paulson]

I'll pack you a lunch with an apple and some Pepperidge Farm goldfish. Grow up, Car. It's time. Having me as an enemy is very unwise. You are all about to find out what that's like.

[Stephen Colbert]

Earlier this month, we. We. We lost one of the greats. Diane Keaton.

[Sarah Paulson]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Who? I. I know you worked with her and the two.

[Sarah Paulson]

I'm wearing her ring. That is her ring, yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, that is lovely.

[Sarah Paulson]

Thanks.

[Stephen Colbert]

That is lovely. Here's a shot of you two together.

[Sarah Paulson]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Right there. Would you share a little bit of what she meant to you?

[Sarah Paulson]

Sure, if I can get through it without crying. But she played my mother in a movie called the Other Sister, which was. I can't remember when. It was my first studio film, big movie that I ever got. And subsequently, because it was my first experience, I didn't have any way of knowing how things worked. She played my mom. We were shooting a big family scene where the entire family was sort of sitting in this horseshoe like on A couch. And I was the lone person sitting over in the corner, and they shot all of their coverage. And then they were gonna turn around after lunch, at the end of which would have been the end of the day, and turn around on me. And they came up to me and they said, so listen, all these actors over here have to go because they're not gonna make their turn. They're not gonna make their turnaround. And there's like a 12 hour union rule, the whole thing. And I was like, oh, okay. And I didn't know I could say, oh, please don't, or I just didn't know anything. And I thought it was par for the course. And I said, okay, fine. And then they said, okay, so when we get back, you're gonna come and do this. And I said, okay, great. I come back to sit down and shoot my coverage, and all the actors have gone home except for Diane. Went back to her trailer and changed into her regular clothes, got a glass of wine and came and sat down and did all the off camera for me.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wow.

[Sarah Paulson]

And. And so for me, it was a very seminal experience for me because it made me realize that the most important thing you can do for any person anywhere, whether you're at work or in any environment, is to think of the other person and to try your best to consider what the other person is going through, what the other person is experiencing. And Diane was that way more than any person I knew. She was more interested in you than she was in herself, or she'd be more interested in every single person in this audience than she was in herself. And it was a very, very beautiful thing I got to learn at 21 years old, newly in the business. So now when I find myself number one on a call sheet, I remember what happened that day. And I never leave an actor to do an off camera without me. I never leave them by themselves to sort of figure it out. She sort of taught me that you really don't have to do that. And it was. It was the smallest thing she taught me of all the things she ever taught me because I was very, very lucky to know her intimately. So that's lovely. Yeah. Thank you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Hall's Fair premieres on Hulu November 4th. Sarah Paulson, everybody. Thank you for listening to the Late Show POD show with Stephen Colbert. Just one more thing. If you want to see more of me, come to The Late Show YouTube channel for more clips and exclusives.

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[Sarah Paulson]

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[Sarah Paulson]

But he's not even close to the person that I thought he was. When you do break up with Brandon, that is when the stalking begins. I just knew something horrific was about to happen.

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[Sarah Paulson]

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[Sarah Paulson]

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