“I’m Pamela Anderson and I’m here at the Criterion Closet, which is a dream come true.”

Not many may know it, but The Last Showgirl star is a big movie lover. Making selections ranging from classics of French cinema to the works of David Lean, Anderson cleared out the Criterion Closet and took home over 10 sets, some containing multiple films. After beginning with “La piscine” by Alain Delon and Romy Schneider as well as “Blue Velvet” by David Lynch and “La Verite” by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Brigitte Bardot, Anderson took a moment to listen to Jean Luc-Godard’s ” La Verite”. Breathless.”

“That’s why I cut my hair in a pixie cut,” said Jean Seberg. So I chose ‘Breathless’ because she was the inspiration for the haircut,” Anderson said. “The idea would emerge in a few months. After I decided to do it, it took a few years to get my hair back.”

Contrary to preconceived notions about who she is, Anderson emphasized her passion for the arts as she continued to make decisions and credited Criterion for helping to scratch an itch.

“I was traveling, so I watched a lot of Criterion. Thank God for Criterion,” Anderson said. “You know, I was the one… even when I was in Playboy, I was the one sitting on the floor at Samuel French reading Tennessee Williams, Eugene O’Neill and Sam Shepard. I don’t know why, but I really loved films and I loved theater, musical theater and films. That’s why I’m so thrilled to be here and so happy to be invited here because I don’t think people expect me to be such a…cinema lover.”

Anderson called Barbara Loden’s “Wanda” her current “favorite film” and told Criterion how she recently saw a documentary about the actress/director called “I Am Wanda.” Next she chose David Lean’s romantic comedy “Summertime,” set in Venice, starring Katherine Hepburn and Rossano Brazzi.

“That’s something I would love to remake,” Anderson said of the film. “I don’t know if anyone would ever consider me for this, but David Lean is a great director and I just love her, Katharine Hepburn.” You know, that’s the style of acting that I love. The passion and the importance of the craft and when I watch her and Elizabeth Taylor, for example in Suddenly, Last Summer, I am so inspired. And that’s the kind of actress I would like to be. Not a contemporary actress, but an actress from that time.”

Check out Anderson’s full Criterion Closet visit below.