Sarah Paulson on 'Incredibly Grounding' Friendship With Amanda Peet: 'It's Just Home to Me' | PEOPLE

Fits of laughter. Finishing each other's sentences. Reminiscing about their youth. All of it surfaces when Sarah Paulson, 47, and Amanda Peet, 50, try to describe their friendship in The Beautiful Issue. Having met as costars in the 1999 series 'Jack & Jill', the two have shared all of life's moments together. "I find it an incredibly grounding friendship, but also wildly chaotic in the most fun way possible," says Paulson. Adds Peet, "It's like we were separated at birth.

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Sarah Paulson on "Incredibly Grounding" Friendship With Amanda Peet: "It's Just Home to Me" | PEOPLE

[dollartima]

"you're not for me, you need to be like 80 years older." LMAOO sarah's sense of humor 😭

[LesTutosbyGhita]

the fact they met at 24 gives me so much hope as a 20yo who hasn't found such an incredible friendship yet

[simbyboy]

"I actually feel that if I didn't know Amanda, I wouldn't wanna be on the planet" - the truest thing any and all best friends have said about one another. I love their friendship x

[Sadence]

I wish everyone was lucky enough to have a friendship like this

[katebussert]

Someone at People clearly watched their iconic Instagram live and asked them to recreate it in a more formal interview format. Genius. They even told the same stories! More Sarah & Amanda!!

[aarushigoel]

Kudos to people for recognising an iconic friendship and giving it a more formal platform for the world to witness their connection. we need more stories of female friendships where women are the incredible source of inspiration and happiness in each other's lives.

[darrisnelson]

I have a 40+ friendship like this…we have fallen asleep laughing…I can’t imagine life without her.❤️❤️

[lanalonestar]

Aww! When Sarah started to tear up :') Their friendship is so wholesome

[wholenessunleashed]

Their friendship is awesome. Makes me wish I could find a best friend again in my life. Sadly, most people will never have friendships like the ones they have in their 20's. Cherish it while you can...

[demolishedforest]

I love their friendship and their humor 😭😭

[drewrayg]

What an amazing friendship. Love them.

[shayjoono]

It's so rare to have a friendship like this

[lanetttedp]

This was beautiful! I wish I have a friendship like this.

[cindyslavik]

They are exactly like me and my friend of 47 years. We laugh ridiculously when together and when younger pissed everyone off in public because we giggled constantly. ❤️. Love you Sta

[mm]

my god I'm so jealous I don't have a close friendship like this but I love these two so happy they get to have so much fun together. When Sarah said she wouldn't want to be on the planet if she didn't know Amanda :( wow

[zynarang]

I’ve seen this interview like 10x now because this is the type of friendship we dream of!

[jeffreyparish]

These two together are such good medicine to observe...being them must be so-o-o-o-o-o-o great. How incredible to find another human who you vibe with that deeply and with so much joy.

[cissaxavier]

Oh god i love this friendship more than i can put in words

[taylernewman]

The way they finish each other’s sentences and can read each others minds is so cute. They almost interact like twins or something haha.

[JM-ksix]

This reminds me of the friendship I have with my very best friend. We call one another “squirrelfriend, ” because it’s beyond being best friends and/or anything else. I can’t imagine laughing inappropriately and hysterically at the worst possible moment than with them.

May everyone’s lives be as blessed as this.