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American Horror Story: Roanoke’s Adina Porter had no idea she was the star of the season, until she was.

In an exclusive interview with E! News, Adina opened up about what it was like working with A-list celebs like Kathy Bates, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Angela Bassett.

And let’s just say, we’re already huge fans of hers. Not only is she super talented, but also incredibly humble. Here are a few excerpts of the interview.

The full interview can be read at E! News.

What was it like, not only being the newbie but then turning out to be the surprise star of the season?

That was pretty awesome. I had no idea that was happening. American Horror Story signed me up for six episodes with an option for four more, so I just thought I was going to be playing along with everybody else. No one knew. It would just be as the episodes would come out. Everyone dies on American Horror Story, so it would just be about how and when, and so everyone was a little bit surprised that it was me that ended up being the last one standing.

So you really had no idea what was coming until the scripts came out?

No, absolutely not. In the beginning, I was by myself, because I would be alone and just film the interviews, so I wasn’t even with other cast members. Just the crew, the director, and I remember the producers constantly coming up to me and apologizing for just sitting and doing a monologue. I was like, please don’t apologize, I’m having a ball, I’m so happy and thrilled to be involved. They said you’ll get to play, episode three they said, we’re all going to go back to the house, everybody all together and you’ll get to play. But I don’t think they knew.

Did the cast do any theorizing on set?

No, because the cast is busy. They’ve got projects to go to after this, so they’re present when they have to be present. Because there are so many different writers, we spent a lot of time in rehearsal before we start shooting saying OK, what are the given circumstances, and does the line I’m saying now really represent what just happened before? Because you know, each writer does their own little section, and then when we get together, ok let’s make sure it makes sense, what we’re doing now, after what just happened. Because you don’t always shoot everything in a sequence, so the actors spend a lot of time and energy making that sense happen, but nobody spends any time thinking about what’s going to happen next, or even am I gonna be alive in this or that.

I mean maybe I thought about it because I like staying employed, but you know, Sarah Paulson, Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Kathy Bates don’t have to worry about, you know, where’s my next job? I think they’re comfortable.