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Im not gonna lie.
I really wanted to make a big statement, he says.
If I dont step up and live up to this moment, what a failure.
At what point during the game were you seriously considering Chrissys offers?
I was on a different planet.
It was a very, very spiritual experience.
I felt like I knew where that $12.2 million was from the start.
I came in there with this attitude of, I really wanted to make a big statement.
I love making television and I think this is the biggest television moment that has ever existed.
If I dont step up and live up to this moment, what a failure.
How do you separate yourself from those made-for-TV moments when youre trying to focus on the money?
You were so close to the prize at that point.He did me a little dirty there.
Everyone was just yelling stuff, and I was in the Matrix, dodging.
Nothing was coming into my psyche it was just me and the cases up there.
You would forget what youre doing.
I was really trying not to get lost in that.
Because when those cases opened, thats when you couldnt stop the adrenaline surge.
Something happened out there, and you see the result.
The actual game ofDeal or No Dealis essentially just a game of statistics Its not just statistics.
If you sit down and watch 12 case rounds, and that No.
If you roll a dice, how many times are you gonna roll six?
Its a tricky thing to do when youre trying to run numbers in your head.
That was something the savvy players were thinking of the whole time.
The superstition does creep up on you.
Its a lot of the reason why people were like, I dont wanna play the Banker.
If it was meant to be for me, its meant to be.
You cant change the cards.
It felt really special and fated.
Ive been in entertainment for 20 years; Ive worked really hard for this.
Who I am in the game is not who I am outside.
I dissected every part of the game.
Then I start coming up with stupid quips.
Its like researching an acting role.
I trusted production was gonna make me a lovable villain and not an unlikable villain.
Because I won, I have to be that nice guy.
They want people to want me to win money.
I didnt really perceive you as a villain.Villain behavior is really encouraged inSurvivor.
I fully based mySurvivorgame on Parvati I wanted to be the male Parvati.
Ive been a fashion model for 20 years.
I can get people to fall in love with me, then cut their throat.
Did you trust that Parvati was going to keep your identity as aSurvivorwinner secret?I did.
We were best friends immediately because we have so much common experience.
I think Parv is the greatestSurvivorplayer of all time.
You have to align with other people who have had common experiences.
Those guys have to stick together.
With Dr. Wills elimination, how did you know when it was right to take him out?
What wasnt shown was that I was trying to work with him.
I had multiple conversations with Will.
I told him, Listen, lets move through this together.
He wants to be the villain.
Will felt like a terrorist in there: It was either his way or no way at all.
He was really rubbing me the wrong way.
When Will came in, everyone was like, This guy sucks, we hate him!
but he has this incredibly charming nature that, as much as he is annoying, hes funny.
People were really affected by him.
Storm suddenly was like, I love this guy!
and it changed Storms demeanor and how he was interacting with production and other players.
How would Dr. Will do onSurvivor?Will cant even jump.
He couldnt even get those rings.
He would be destroyed.
ButSurvivornow is 20 dorks doing puzzles, so maybe hell be okay.
I felt really confident I could beat both those girls in a challenge.
But when Parvati went home, I was genuinely so butt hurt about it.
Its having such a pop-culture moment.
I would smash that show and would be the best Faithful.
I would never ever be a Traitor.
What would happen if you were a Traitor?I dont know if I could live with myself.
Im just such an honest person who never lies.
I feel like being a Traitor is just super icky.
I would never do it.
Id probably just tell them Im a Traitor so I would go home.
