"I wish I could have gone to Ryan [Murphy] and said, 'Please let me sit this one out,'" the Emmy winner admitted.
On her own personal ranking of American Horror Story seasons, Sarah Paulson would probably place Roanoke at the bottom.
The actress, who's now returning to the Ryan Murphy anthology series for season 10's Double Feature theme, opened up a bit about her experience coming off of playing Marcia Clark on The People v.
Roanoke, the sixth season of American Horror Story, was set on Roanoke Island, N.C.