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poised to pick up her third Emmy this time in the category of best supporting

actress in a limited series or TV movie for her work on HBO's sharp objects.

The New York Times has said,

quote, her performances stand out in current American film

like Crisp Martinez in a soda fountain, close quote, and the Guardian has said, quote,

if she didn't exist, Tennessee Williams would have had to invent her, close quote.

The great Patricia Clarkson.

Over the course of our conversation at the offices of the Hollywood reporter,

the 59-year-old and I discussed why she decided very early in her life to forego having a husband or children

and focus singularly on acting.

Why, for the first decade or so of her screen career, she was typecast in suburban mom type roles,

and how Lisa Trillodenko's 1998 directorial debut high art enabled her at the age of 38 to break out of that box.

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