she's currently playing cordelia fox on the cult favorite "american horror story." >> we've also seenhis film "12 years of slave" and some people think we'll win the big one at the oscars. is this a fun time in your life? >> no, it's the worst time i've ever had in my life. no, it's extraordinary. i've been doing this a long time and never been in a movie that's been on track to hopefully have the end game that would be really great, to win best picture. >> seeing you as mrs. epps and you're a nice person, but mrs. epps. wow. >> i know. >> how do you shake that when you're done with the scene? >> it wasn't easy but at the same time, i'm an actress, it's my job to try to get inside the mind of that woman. and i was able to kind of do it and leave it at home, take a hot bath and shake her off. >> thank god. you don't want to be her. >> you haven't made it any easier on yourself, the big premiere is tonight. i've heard you say you get scared just by the opening credits. >> yeah, i don't want the opening credits of the show. the show -- the great thing about the show, every year it reinve