Sharon Stone

“TV is so different from the movies. It takes a lot of stamina because you work such long hours. It is really challenging. You are learning the next day's lines while you are shooting today's...”

“I loved the movies and I wanted to be like Marilyn Monroe. I thought she was so glamorous and everyone seemed to love her. I wanted to be like that and I told everyone I would be the next Ma...”

“I feel sad when I realize how much truth is being changed or obscured in the American media.”

“I thought it might be a good move to get into a beauty contest so I tried for Miss Pennsylvania and won. I think that helped me get noticed, at least by the people of Pennsylvania.”

“My personal style and public style are very different. When I go out, I play dress up.”

“I'm not big on plastic surgery for me but I don't fault it for someone who wants it for them. You have to do what makes you feel good, but it's not my thing.”

“Before I was a year old I walked and talked and I was even potty trained. When I started going to school I think I got on everyone's nerves because I used to ask adult questions rather than...”

“I was, like, forty at birth. When I wasn't even a year old, I spoke, I was potty trained, I walked and talked. That was it. Then I started school and drove everybody crazy because they reali...”

“My weakness is dark chocolate. I carry little tins of it in my purse.”

“It was not always easy because I was always an individual and found it difficult to be one of a group. One person who was very supportive was my father. My mother was great but my father rea...”

“I think we have to be not so afraid of scarcity. We have to be willing to give away all things.”

“I feel more grounded and more settled than I ever have. I don't know whether that is to do with my spirituality or whether I'm wiser about life, but as you age you become more selective abou...”

“I don't really want to be fat, so I stop before I am. I'm not a vegetarian, but I might go through a phase when I'm not interested in eating protein for a week or so, and then I might go thr...”

“I've been famous for a long, long time. So I don't think of it - I think of it very differently. It's the normal temperature of my room.”

“It seems to be unfathomable to people that I just happen to be 49 and look good. I am totally capable of accepting myself.”

“People are really emotionally affected by actors. And it's hard to know how to behave in a way that doesn't impose or withdraw. Because everybody wants your attention. Everywhere you go, you...”

“People are really emotionally affected by actors. And it's hard to know how to behave in a way that doesn't impose or withdraw. Because everybody wants your attention.”

“This idea that being youthful is the only thing that's beautiful or attractive simply isn't true.”