Sharon Stone She clapped after fellow attendees rudely accused her of taking a seat at their table for not recognizing the A-list actress.
this casino The 67-year-old star accepted the Eternity Award at the Astras Awards and used her acceptance speech to appeal to the “children” involved in the embarrassing encounter.
Although the ceremony took place on January 9, a clip of the fiery speech generated buzz after the event, eventually going viral this week.
“And the kids at my table, they were wondering, ‘Who took that chair?’ Now you know,” Stone said while accepting the award.
Stone further explained the situation without naming the people involved, continuing: “Yeah, someone came up to me and said, ‘Who are you and why are you sitting here?'” Stone added, “As she said, ‘Fuck you!'”
Angry that the “kids” were treated disrespectfully at the event, Stone then used the opportunity to urge them to use their fame and success for the greater good.
“More importantly, more importantly, I want to welcome you. I want to say, this is an opportunity. Because I started my activist work when I was famous. Now that your awareness has begun, I want to give you an opportunity to start your activist work,” Stone continued. “Because fame without awareness and success without goals are meaningless.”
During her speech, Stone also talked about her iconic role in the 1992 film “Katherine Trammell.” basic instinct and explains the persistence it took to get the job.
“I wasn’t the first person they offered basic instinct arrive. But I was the one who had the manager take her into the office and get her the script,” she said. “And I was the one who was prepared because I had this script for eight months. I was the type of person who would call my manager every day because I wanted that role. “
Sharon Stone.
(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Stone’s tenacity and hard work have clearly paid off, and she urges others to chase their dreams and not let anything stand in their way.
“As an artist, when you want something, you should go and get it because you know what it means to you, you know what you can adapt to, where you can make a difference with your art,” she added.
In the past, Stone has been candid about the difficulties she faced working in Hollywood, including sharing her famous anecdote. basic instinct scene.
she wrote in her 2021 memoir The beauty of a double lifeStone claims she was tricked into stripping down to her underwear in the character’s iconic scene.
“After we shot basic instinctt, I was called to see it. “It wasn’t me alone with the director…but in front of a room full of agents and lawyers, most of whom had nothing to do with the project,” Stone recalled in the book. “That was the first time I was shown footage of my vagina, long before I’d been told, ‘We can’t see anything—I just need you to take your panties off because the white will reflect light, so we know you’re wearing panties.’ ‘Yes, there are many opinions on this topic, but since I’m someone who has issues with vaginas, let me say this: all other opinions are bullshit. “
After some struggle, Stone ultimately allowed the scene to happen because she concluded it was the “right” choice for the movie and her character.
