I didnt develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.
Does the real thing ever have the perfection of a stage performance?
I love surprising people with a present or a gift or a stage performance or anything.
Stage performance is obviously a much grander sort of depiction. The audience isn't right in your face as close as a camera lens gets.
So what this is is us, our personalities refined down on to a stage performance. In other words, the way we play is the end product of the way we live - we live in the cities, you see.
A video taped stage performance is just - you know, it's never gonna be the same as it is if you're sitting there live in the theatre.
If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?
My first ever stage performance was in Edinburgh in 1960.
I was excited to play Lil' Kim and I wanted to do the role justice. I worked really hard on that role, whether it was performing the rhymes, studying the dialect, her swagger and her stage performances. I wanted people to see my range and stretch my wings as an actress.
Every medium has its advantages and weaknesses and there are many things I can put down on paper that I might not be able to put into film or into a stage performance. In each form, one can communicate powerfully in different ways.