The first thing that happened after I finished was, Ryan stood up and said, I have nothing.
And he sat down.
I had absolutely no idea what that meant, the-23 year-old recalls.
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So then, you know, I see this like twinkle in his eye.
I don’t know what it was, but I knew that there was something going on behind that.
There was a smize.
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Yes, Ryan Murphy smized at me.
Yes, he did.
I was like, Not when youre doing the ball culture.
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Its a waste of my time and yours.
And I said it, remembers Porter.
I said, Look, Ive lived this.
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Says the actor, I loved the story, I loved the characters.
But it was an opportunity to learn from the transgender community and to be an advocate for them.
You fall in love with the characters, and hopefully that will instill compassion in people.
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We mine them for stories in a way, or hear things in passing conversations, she explains.
We have a go at write toward that.
This one is really, really going to touch the hearts of so many people.
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She saysPoses universal messages are what made her reteam with Murphy, Falchuk, and Peters.
But at the end of the day, we are all really the same, you know?
Like, were all searching for family and acceptance, and it doesn’t matter where we come from.
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