I've had lots of things that didn't work out, like TV shows. You learn a lot through mistakes - I learned that you have to be the captain of your ship. Actually, I own my ship.

Acting and modeling
After her move to Los Angeles Pamela Anderson won a minor role as the original "Tool Time girl" on the hit television sitcom Home Improvement. In April 1997 Pamela Anderson guest-hosted Saturday Night Live. Anderson is a notable member of the Animal Rights movement and has conducted campaigns condemning the commercial fur industry and promoting veganism through the animal welfarist organisation PETA.

Anderson is a notable member of the Animal Rights movement and has conducted campaigns condemning the commercial fur industry and promoting veganism through the animal welfarist organisation PETA. For a time Pamela Anderson was known as Pamela Anderson Lee (or Pamela Lee) after marrying Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee.