Play my own game. You can read all the books, but you have to listen to your intuition and not do everything exactly as they say. You have to do what feels right.

I felt like I was suffering from the 'impostor syndrome. But now I know I can really play. These women were extremely tough pros with blood lust at the poker table.

My mother had all these maxims - like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get their hair dyed.

You get to a certain age and you start to rethink your life and rethink your priorities,

I guess I replaced somebody else, which I feel bad about,

You get jewelry - stuff you can wear. Oscar, Golden Globe, Emmy, you can't hang that around your neck. But everywhere you go, you've got your poker gold and diamond bracelet on; everyone knows you won.