Patrick Stoner: Cute kitty. . .
Pamela Anderson Lee: [smiles] Thanks. I love leopards. I just visited a woman who breeds a combination of leopards and domestic cats -- leopard cats. Tommy [Pamela's husband] and I just love them. They get to be 15 pounds, but they're so docile, so loving. We want to get some for our house.
Patrick Stoner: Sort of guard cats?
Pamela Anderson Lee: [laughs] Sort of. But they're so beautiful, and they're domesticated. They're cats, but they have the marking of leopards. WeUre going to get a couple of them.
Patrick Stoner: OK--to work: You're on the TV show that is the most-watched series in the world [Baywatch]. What did you learn about the difference between doing a hit TV show and a film?
Pamela Anderson Lee: Doing a film is consuming. I worked 18 hours a day. On Baywatch. I would work from sunup to sundown, but we shot a week's show in four days. We shot Barb Wire for four months. It was grueling, going from one to the other.
Patrick Stoner: A lot of waiting around on a movie set?
Pamela Anderson Lee: Not for me. I was in so many scenes. I did most of my own stunts, so I had to shoot, setup, shoot again, all day long. Halfway through the day, I would be exhausted--I had been kick-boxing all day long. It was hard.
Patrick Stoner: How does being a TV star compare with being a movie star?
Pamela Anderson Lee: A movie star is much bigger. If you have a major TV star in the room and a major film star comes in, the star power of the room shifts to the movie star. That's the hierarchy of the entertainment business. That's why I was so excited to be doing a film. I look up on the screen, and I can't believe it's me. In a major motion picture. . . ME. I just can't believe it.