American Horror Story star Sarah Paulson has shared that she's not sure whether she'll be making a return to the anthology horror series in its next season.

Paulson has made an appearance in every season of the show to date but now the actress has revealed that creator Ryan Murphy is leaving her in the dark over American Horror Story: 1984.

"I don't really know the answer to that," Paulson told Syfy when asked if she'd be back.

"I think... all I can say is I know the least about this season upcoming that I've known about any season. I don't even know... yeah, that's all I can say."

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The actress continued to say that she usually knows a bit more at this point before a new season, and explained that she's keeping busy with her next project Ratched, a new Netflix TV prequel to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

"I think that's all I can say," Paulson continued. "Usually, I have more information at this point, and I'm bugging Ryan [Murphy] with questions. Right now, I don't have a lot and yeah, I'm so busy with Ratched, it's hard for me to think about anything beyond that."

Well, unlike fellow AHS mainstay Evan Peters – who recently ruled out returning for the upcoming ninth season altogether – that's not a definite no, so we'll take it.

As well as starring in the series, Paulson also directed one of last season's episodes, which brought back her long-time co-star Jessica Lange, and she admits that directing another episode is something she would be up for – but not right now.

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"I might like to do another American Horror Story," she said. "I definitely won't be directing any time soon, though.

"I was supposed to direct Episode 8, and then I got a call from Ryan saying, 'I want you to do the Return to Murder House episode'. And it was starting in two weeks.

"So I had very, very little time to prepare. So, the next time I do it, I would like to have that prep time. Just to give myself a fair shot at actually getting some sleep while I'm doing it."

American Horror Story is expected to return later this year on FX in the US, and on FOX and NOW TV in the UK. Catch up on series 1-6 on Netflix, with season 7 available to buy on Amazon Prime Video.

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