Sharon Stone broke down in tears as she talked about the people she admires so much she would risk her life to walk with them in a new interview shared Friday.
The iconic blonde beauty said she was very happy when she started working with peacekeepers she had always admired.
The 66-year-old star’s goal was to help others with her celebrity and it was working. She also won a Nobel Peace Prize: in 2013, Stone received the Peace Summit Prize for her work on behalf of people with HIV/AIDS.
In a new interview with Alex Salmond for Turkish Tea TalkSharon became emotional when she said she loved the people she met in her role as a global humanitarian.
The screen goddess cried when talking about being able to spend time with peacemakers she admired, like Betty Helena Williams, a Welsh Labor politician.
“These people are so brave… I suddenly felt like I was in the right damn room, these are my people, I would stand on the street with these people, I would risk my life with these people, they catch me and I get them,” he said the star in tears.
“It took me 35 years but I’m in the right room,” he said of working with his heroes.
Sharon Stone broke down in tears talking about making a difference for others in the world when Alex Salmond interviewed her for Turkish Tea Talk this week.
The iconic blonde beauty said she was very happy when she started working with peacekeepers she had always admired.
The Oscar nominee seen at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills
It was almost 35 years ago that he got his first taste of fame when he made his first massive film, Total Recall with Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1990.
Basic Instinct came out in 1992.
“I never told people here in Los Angeles that I went to get a Nobel Prize… I thought: how can I tell people in the movie business that I won a Nobel Prize?” He cried for the 2013 victory.
Stone also addressed mental health and how so many people need help in her wide-ranging interview.
“We are all trying to face our demons, including me,” he said, noting that one in 10 people are suffering, which was highlighted by the COVID-19 lockdown, when many had to spend time alone.
The Sliver star said being empathetic is very important and held up Nelson Mandela as an example.
Much of the interview was about her new career as a prominent painter.
He spends 17 hours a day painting in his Los Angeles mansion and takes his work seriously. His first painting sold for $30,000.
When Alex asked her why she paints, Sharon said, “I was really thinking about this the other day…I was thinking about how rarely women get to be what they want to be,” she shared.
“I loved painting when I was a kid,” said the Beauty Of Living Twice author, who grew up in Pennsylvania.
“When I was in college I was 15 years old, I was in an advanced studies program and I got a writing scholarship, and I loved writing and painting, and I didn’t want to go home during the summer holidays. And I studied painting during the summers, I loved watercolors.’
The 66-year-old star’s goal was to help others with her celebrity and it was working. She also won a Nobel Peace Prize: in 2013, Stone received the Peace Summit Prize for her work on behalf of people with HIV/AIDS.
Sharon became emotional when she said she loved the people she met in her role as a global humanitarian. The screen goddess cried when talking about being able to spend time with peacemakers she admired, like Betty Helena Williams, a Welsh Labor politician.
“These people are so brave… I suddenly felt like I was in the right damn place, these are my people, I would stand on the street with these people, I would risk my life with these people, they catch me and I understand them,” he said the star in tears.
“It took me 35 years but I’m in the right room,” he said of working with his heroes.
It was almost 35 years ago that he got his first taste of fame when he made his first mainstream film, Total Recall with Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1990. Basic Instinct was released in 1992.
Stone said he was happy in college because he studied what he wanted. Now she is returning to an old love.
Phil Bronstein’s ex also pointed out that she decided to paint just because ‘I wanted to’. And she loves that painting allows her to be the boss.
Stone also commented that he likes Japanese artists for the “discipline they use to tell a story.”
When it comes to film, the Oscar-nominated star said she would like women to be treated the same as men, to have equal pay and fair treatment, and to be seen for the “quality of their work.”
Stone also shared that no matter how many characters she has played, people want to remember her as the sexy assassin Catherine Tramell from Basic Instinct, and that can be a challenge.
He spends 17 hours a day painting. When Alex asked her why she paints, Sharon said, “I was really thinking about this the other day…I was thinking about how rarely women get to be what they want to be,” she shared.
“I loved painting when I was a child,” said the author of The Beauty of Living Twice. “When I was in college I was 15 years old, I was in an advanced studies program and I got a writing scholarship, and I loved writing and painting, and I didn’t want to go home during the summer holidays. And I studied painting during the summers, I loved watercolors.
Here’s a look at one of his paintings. Phil Bronstein’s ex also pointed out that she decided to paint only because ‘I wanted to’. And she loves that painting allows her to be the boss. She also said that she loves the Japanese artist for the ‘discipline she uses to tell a story and understand that she has to be free.’
During his interview, he also revealed that he had a lifelong interest in working with Robert De Niro.
When she was only 19 years old she met him during her birthday party in New York. “He was my dream,” she said. Decades later, Stone was cast as his con-artist wife Ginger McKenna in director Martin Scorsese’s 1995 epic Casino.
As for working in Hollywood again, he said the role would have to be “really good.” And in the future he might visit Scotland, he told host Salmond; he said he would help her learn a thick Scottish accent.