a little bit of eugene o'neill. charlie: that's where i'm going. jessica: i figured.'t have to look far with any genre of theater to see where the motherload was. all the family plays in the last 60 years or more. a lot of that comes from this play. charlie: he is a very talented guy. jessica: yeah, he is wonderful, a wonderful writer, a wonderful director. wonderful actor. it was a joy working with him. i hope i can work with him again sometime. charlie: do you hope to do "american horror story?" jessica: no. i had four seasons, and each year was a marvelous character. everything changed from one year to another, which made it interesting for me. but no, i think -- sometimes you come to the end of something. it has had its natural -- charlie: but people loved you in that. loved you. jessica: i know. it is funny. charlie: ryan murphy convinced you. jessica: it was interesting. i had never met him before. out of the blue, i got a phone call from him. i immediately, i don't know, had some deep trust in what he was talking about. i usually don't. there was some kind of e

a little bit of eugene o'neill.ardon't have to look with any genre of theater to see where the mother load was. in the lastly plays 60 years or more. a lot of that comes from this play. he is wonderful, a wonderful writer, a wonderful director. wonderful actor. i hope i can work with him again sometime. charlie: do you hope to do "american horror story?" jessica: i had four seasons and each year was a marvelous character. everything changed which made it interesting for me. sometimes you come to the end of something. it has had its natural -- charlie: people love you in that. love you. jessica: i know. it is funny. murphy: ryan convinced you. it was interesting. i had never met him before. out of the blue, i got a phone call from him. hadmediately, i don't know, some deep trust in what he was talking about. i usually don't. there was some type of exchange of whatever it was, energy, even on the phone. i thought, i would like to work with this man. i find him very interesting. jessica: what else do you think about do

a little bit of eugene o'neill there. >> rose: that's where i'm going. >> i figured, yeah. no, i mean you know, you don't have to look far with any genre of theser to see where the mother load was, you know. i mean all the family plays, you know, and the last what, 60 years more. i mean a lot of that comes from this play. >> a very talented guy. >> he's wonderful. a wonderful writer, a wonderful director. i think a great, you know, i mean a wonderful actor. yeah, it was a joy working with him. i hope i can work with him again sometime. >> rose: do you hope to do american horror story? >> no, i think you know i had four years with that four seasons. and each year was a marvelous character. you know, everything changed from one year to the other which made it very interesting for me. but no, i mean i think sometimes you come to the end of something and it has been. >> and it has had its natural-- . >> rose: but i mean, people loved you in that. >> i know. >> rose: loved you. >> i know. funny. >> rose: i know, yeah. i mean ryan merric convinced you, did he not. >> ryan murphy.

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