The Cast of 'Survivor' 46 on Secrets They Will Keep

Entertainment Weekly

The 'Survivor' contestants of season 46 tell EW what information they don't want their fellow players to know about them.

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00:00 People always think that actors are liars,

00:02 but I actually think actors tell the truth so convincingly

00:06 that you believe it.

00:07 So this will be a lot of acting right under their noses.

00:10 I'm not going to tell them I'm an actor.

00:12 I'm going to show them.

00:13 I think off the bat, I would hope

00:19 they don't realize how emotional and vulnerable I am.

00:21 I think in this stage of my life,

00:23 I choose to wear my heart on my sleeve,

00:25 and I choose to meditate and sit on every decision.

00:29 And I hope that every decision I make

00:31 is the right one and a good one.

00:33 You know, I don't want to feel like I'm too open to be

00:35 manipulated, is what it is.

00:37 Something that I don't want to share with people

00:40 is that I'm a doctor of physical therapy.

00:42 I think that historically, people hear the word doctor,

00:46 and they're like, oh, well, then she probably

00:47 doesn't need the money, right?

00:49 You know, we could all benefit from winning a million dollars.

00:52 I think that if it comes up, I'll just

00:54 say I'm a physical therapist.

00:55 My weaknesses are I have injured my shoulder.

00:59 I have 10 dislocations, and I've recently had a shoulder

01:02 surgery, and it's still a little iffy.

01:04 And also, my left knee is a little wonky.

01:07 It hurts all the time.

01:08 I don't want them to know I'm one of the weakest players.

01:11 Maybe it is good for me.

01:12 Maybe it is bad for me.

01:13 Time will tell.

01:14 I don't want the other players to know that I'm kind of well

01:19 off at this point in my life.

01:21 My portfolio of houses that I own--

01:23 I own 47 houses.

01:25 I was offered $10 million before I came out here

01:28 for those 47 houses that I turned down.

01:31 So I don't want people to know that Q got

01:34 some little change in the bank.

01:35 But also, I don't want them to know my true personality, where

01:41 I'm a likable person.

01:42 I connect with folks easily.

01:44 So I want to kind of keep that on a D-low.

01:46 Something I don't want the other players to know

01:48 is exactly how much I'm calculating and trying

01:51 to be flexible and fluid.

01:53 I know they're going to think I'm smart because, I don't know,

01:56 it's kind of hard to hide.

01:57 But I don't want them to know how smart I am.

01:59 Like, it's going to be tricky to hide that.

02:01 But I'll try.

02:03 I'm not planning on telling the other players I went to Harvard.

02:07 Frankly, it's not that big a deal.

02:10 You know, it's not like I'm some super genius.

02:13 In fact, there are definitely a lot of people out here

02:15 who are smarter than me by a long shot.

02:17 Very little things can become the biggest deal very fast

02:21 and get you voted off.

02:23 So I see no reason to say that.

02:25 The one thing that I don't want them to know

02:27 is that I'm an actor.

02:28 [LAUGHS]

02:31 I will be going and letting them think that I'm a singer,

02:34 which isn't a lie.

02:35 I am a singer.

02:36 But I also am an actor.

02:37 But the first thing they'll say is, oh, you're an actor?

02:39 Let's vote him off because he must can lie.

02:41 And people always think that actors are liars.

02:43 But I actually think actors tell the truth so convincingly

02:47 that you believe it.

02:48 This will be a lot of acting right under their noses.

02:50 I'm not going to tell them I'm an actor.

02:51 I'm going to show them.

02:52 When I trust someone, I trust them wholeheartedly.

02:55 And I don't want the other players

02:56 to take that for a weakness.

02:57 So I don't want them to see how much I invest in my alliance

03:01 and who are my alliance.

03:03 And I don't want to use the word "trust" with everyone

03:06 because I don't want to give that weapon

03:07 to every single person.

03:09 Something that I don't want other players to know about me

03:11 is that I'm incredibly perceptive and observant.

03:15 I think one of the most important skills to win

03:17 this game is your self-awareness.

03:19 If you don't know how people are reacting to you,

03:22 if you don't know how people are feeling about you,

03:24 you're going to be sent to Ponderosa in no time.

03:27 And I'm not here to go to Ponderosa.

03:29 I'm here to win the Survivor jackpot.

03:31 I don't think I want the other players to know how much

03:34 I actually do for a living.

03:36 I don't want them to know the full scope of it.

03:37 I'm going to go into the game, and I'm

03:39 going to present myself as Tiffany, the visual artist who

03:42 paints pretty canvases for her client here and there.

03:45 And I had a couple of big gigs, but nothing too crazy.

03:47 I don't want people to know that I'm actually

03:50 a senior video producer, a content creator,

03:53 owner of talent, that I've interviewed people

03:55 on the red carpet at the Grammys and the Met Gala.

03:58 That might cue them into the fact

03:59 that it's my job to get people to let their guard down for me,

04:02 to make people feel comfortable.

04:04 And then that's going to mess up my gameplay.

04:06 I can't have that.

04:07 I always say it's good to be underestimated.

04:10 People are going to look at me, and they're

04:11 going to think for sure that this

04:12 is some dainty little princess who doesn't

04:14 like to get her hands dirty.

04:15 But that can be anything from the truth.

04:17 I handle my own [BLEEP] and I'm going to just be

04:20 a little sneaky little girl getting some blind sides in,

04:24 some backstabbing in.

04:25 Who knows?

04:26 We'll see.

04:26 Something about me that I don't want anyone to know

04:28 is I actually have a master's degree in leadership.

04:31 I went to school.

04:33 I know how to lead.

04:35 And I know leader is a sort of bad word in Survivor.

04:39 But I think leadership gets a bad rap.

04:41 There's a difference between managing and leading.

04:45 And so I don't have to tell anyone

04:47 that I'm a leader in order to just get it done.

04:51 And honestly, I think it's the only thing that I'm

04:55 going to hide about myself.

04:56 I am going to deceive them.

04:57 And I am a very honest person.

04:59 I actually love--

05:01 I don't like to lie at all.

05:03 That's like my genuine thing.

05:04 I really don't.

05:05 But there is a level of misdirection that's needed here.

05:09 I don't want the players to know how far I'm willing to go

05:12 to get what I want in this game.

05:14 Something about me I don't want other players to know

05:18 is that I'm using their information, their personality

05:23 and characteristics to my advantage.

05:25 I want to use what I learn as insight to fuel my game,

05:32 opposed to things they just might think

05:35 I'm interested in naturally.

05:37 I don't want them to know I'm as smart as I am.

05:41 I didn't have to go to college to be smart.

05:43 And I know that I come across very ditzy.

05:46 I know I can come across very airheaded.

05:48 And that is design, because it's easier for me

05:51 to get things done that way.

05:52 I'm a pretty girl.

05:53 I know how to use it.

05:54 If I'm at the salon and I need something done, I'm like,

05:57 oh, can you help me?

05:58 And then all the motorcycle boys who work next door help me.

06:02 I am actually very intelligent under all

06:06 of this bimbo facade.

06:08 I'm going to make that work for me out here.

06:10 So if I can keep my brains hidden,

06:13 I'm going to do that as long as I can.

06:14 There are two things that I really don't want to be known.

06:17 Number one is I was on my way to medical school.

06:20 I graduated from college early, had direct admissions,

06:23 full ride.

06:24 That's where I was heading.

06:25 I decided a different path.

06:26 But that just-- why would anyone tell--

06:28 no one needs to know that.

06:29 And then also, I don't think I'm going to advertise that I build

06:33 challenges for these kids in my high school.

06:35 I'm not going to advertise--

06:36 I kind of like Carson kept it to himself.

06:38 I'm not going to advertise that I have the tree

06:39 puzzle in my house, that I have the flam puzzle in my house,

06:42 that the final five puzzle I literally

06:45 built three weeks ago before coming out here.

06:48 I'm going to keep that all under wraps.

06:50 There's no reason to just paint a bigger target on me.

06:52 I'm a software engineer.

06:54 I'm like, OK, things might not look so good for me.

06:56 I'm a software engineer.

06:58 I'm Asian.

06:58 I'm from the Bay Area.

06:59 I think that comes with a lot of stereotypes.

07:01 But I don't really care if people know that about me,

07:03 because I think that the way that I come off

07:05 and the way that I speak will totally make me not as scary

07:08 as I could come off as.

07:09 I do not want the other players to even imagine or think

07:14 that I work in politics.

07:16 I'm telling them I do IT for the city, which is true.

07:19 I work in local government.

07:20 But I've also been a deputy campaign manager.

07:24 I was communications director for a local elected official.

07:28 And I want that idea of politics and whipping votes

07:32 as far from their brains as possible

07:35 without really giving that huge part of my life away.

07:40 (bell chimes)

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