I tried for modelling work but it was a bit slow and that’s when I took a part-time job at McDonalds. It gave me income while I was waiting for my big break and at the very least I could eat. – Sharon Stone
If you act like you know what you’re going, you can do anything you want – except neurosurgery. – Sharon Stone
Believe me, when people say, ‘We want to pay you X-million to do this movie,’ I won’t be the girl who hangs back saying, ‘Oh, I really don’t deserve it,’ I’ll be, ‘Un-hunh, hand it right over.’ – Sharon Stone
I don’t think you ever think that you have made it but I did take a look at myself one day and think back to when I was a little girl and it was nice to know that I had at least made it this far. – 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 scenes. I found courage I never realised I had. I hope to do more. – Sharon Stone
This idea that being youthful is the only thing that’s beautiful or attractive simply isn’t true. I don’t want to be an ‘ageless beauty.’ I want to be a woman who is the best I can be at my age. – Sharon Stone
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. – Sharon Stone
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 through a phase when I eat nothing but steak. – Sharon Stone
I don’t think there is anything wrong with cosmetic surgery at all. I think it’s great. But I don’t think it’s alright to distort yourself. – Sharon Stone
When I started acting, I was asked said, ‘What’s your dream?’ ‘What would you like to achieve?’ I would say, ‘Oh, I’d like to sit opposite DeNiro and hold my own.’ But, you never think it’s gonna happen. – Sharon Stone
I feel like war should occur only for the most vital and necessary reasons, and only then. – Sharon Stone
There was a point in my 40s when I went into the bathroom with a bottle of wine, locked the door, and said, ‘I’m not coming out until I can totally accept the way that I look right now.’ – Sharon Stone
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 realized I had popped out as an adult. I had adult questions and wanted adult answers. – Sharon Stone
I failed at the biggest things there are in life. I failed in my health, I failed in my marriage, I failed in everything, and I’ve picked myself up and gone on. – Sharon Stone
Stardom is no longer the fuel of my soul. It is the deeper aspects of life that nurture me. And I realise I am very blessed. – Sharon Stone
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 Marilyn Monroe. – Sharon Stone
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. – Sharon Stone
I’m enjoying my years, I’m enjoying my life, I’m enjoying my family. I’m just happy – a happy person. – Sharon Stone
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 know? – Sharon Stone
At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn’t going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a weird thing. – Sharon Stone
I have known for some time that I can meet any man I want but that does not mean that I want to meet anyone. I certainly don’t like being forced into situations. – Sharon Stone
Well, I think when we can turn to the person sitting next to us and really see them with kindness and see ourselves reflected back – when there’s some dignity and compassion traveling back and forth. – Sharon Stone
I don’t thrive on the concept of being naked at every possible moment, but it’s not the biggest deal in the world to me. – Sharon Stone
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. – Sharon Stone
I always thought I would adopt. Even when I was young, I used to look up how to adopt. – Sharon Stone