Jennifer Tilly
Jennifer Tilly
Jennifer Tilly is a Canadian-American actress and poker player. She is a World Series of Poker Ladies' Event bracelet winner. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Olive Neal in the film Bullets over Broadway. Her other film roles include Made in America, Bound, Liar Liarand Bride of Chucky. She has done extensive voice-over work including Celia in Monsters, Inc.. She is the sister of actress Meg Tilly. Tilly voices Bonnie Swanson...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth16 September 1958
CountryUnited States of America
I met my boyfriend, a pro poker player, at a tournament. He tried to dissuade me because it's a seedy gritty world. Listen, I've played till 4 in the morning. I've played with a half million dollars on the table.
I felt like I was suffering from the 'impostor syndrome,' ... I had these niggling self-doubts. But now I know I can really play. These women were extremely tough pros with blood lust at the poker table.
I won $100,000 in Vegas, which buys furniture for my beach house. That takes nerves. You can't think if I'm wrong I'll blow $30,000.
If you have Julia Roberts in a movie you're never really afraid for her because you know she's not going to die.
I felt like I was suffering from the 'impostor syndrome' (after the first win),
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.
The doctors are saying it will take a miracle to wake her up.
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.
You get to a certain age, and you start to rethink your life and rethink your priorities, ... Traveling to exotic locales like Romania is not as appealing as it used to be. When I was younger, you would go on a set and you would have affairs and you'd drink and it was just like summer camp. When you get older, it's like, 'Uh, I'm in another hotel room, in another town I really don't want to be in.'
If you want to sell out, go to LA. And I thought, 'I want to sell out! '
That Hollywood thing, where everybody hugs and kisses everybody else-I always stiffen. It's an assumed familiarity. It's phony.
I have my cards read every time I pass a tarot-reader booth. I would be so embarrassed to have one of those 900 numbers appear on my phone bill, because I don't know how I would explain it to my business manager. It would almost be like saying, Okay, I'm white trash.
I'm not apologizing for what I did. I'm apologizing for what I didn't do.
If you have Julia Roberts in a movie youre never really afraid for her because you know shes not going to die.