Top 120 Sharon Stone Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “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

52. “I’ve fallen in love with my horse. It’s a safer bet. We all know from my illustrious past that I should be sticking to men with four legs.”

— Sharon Stone

53. “Always carry a book on a date so that when you get bored you can slip into the Ladies for a read.”

— Sharon Stone

54. “I’ve never thought of myself as a great beauty – just a great magician.”

— Sharon Stone

55. “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

56. “I like to be bought flowers and taken out for dinner. I like a man to be a gentleman. I don’t like to be treated as if I am brainless. I like to be respected and to give respect.”

— Sharon Stone

57. “You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots.”

— Sharon Stone

58. “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

59. “I used to want to pack as much as I could into my life, but now I realize it’s more about quality of life than quantity.”

— Sharon Stone

60. “I love the fact British men act cool whatever the situation so I’m planning to recruit there.”

— Sharon Stone

61. “Realise when you are ‘middle aged’ you have a chance for a whole second career, another love, another life.”

— Sharon Stone

62. “I did a guest appearance on The Practice and loved it.”

— Sharon Stone

63. “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

64. “I’ve seen him become sober so many times and do so well, and struggle to be a right guy. And fall apart again. But to what end?”

— Sharon Stone

65. “Men put me on a pedestal, then never come to visit.”

— Sharon Stone

66. “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

67. “I don’t think Julia Roberts is as innocent as her image suggests. You have to be a really smart cookie to create an image as clean and pure and on-the-money as hers.”

— Sharon Stone

68. “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

69. “What I learned was there’s no roles for women who won’t be in their 40s. For women who will be in their 40s, there’s a ton of work.”

— Sharon Stone

70. “The most fun I ever had on a movie was working with Albert Brooks. He’s the caviar of comedy. I mean, nobody’s funnier; nobody is smarter than Albert Brooks.”

— Sharon Stone

71. “The philosophy of being able as a woman to decide what you want and being unashamed about making it happen was new. Most successful businessmen are in that role. ‘No’ is never perceived as the end of the line. ‘No’ just means picking a new avenue.”

— Sharon Stone

72. “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

73. “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.”

— Sharon Stone

74. “The doctor told Phil, my then husband, that my condition was really bad news. They had found an artery tearing and said I could die. They said they could try to patch it up but it could go horribly wrong. It all turned out okay in the end but it was touch and go.”

— Sharon Stone

75. “I think, at a certain point, it’s better for women not to have any alcohol because it can make your face, breasts and midsection get very bloated.”

— Sharon Stone

76. “Peace does exist. It exists in your heart and soul.”

— Sharon Stone

77. “You may be sick of what you did the first half of your life, but you don’t have to just walk around and play golf or doing nothing. It’s not like fifty is the new thirty. It’s like fifty is the new chapter.”

— Sharon Stone

78. “If I was just normally intelligent, I could probably get away with it – but I’m fiercely intelligent and that’s threatening.”

— Sharon Stone

79. “I couldn’t stop looking at the award when I received it. It was as if my whole career flashed in front of me, from beginning to the moment I was handed the Golden Globe.”

— Sharon Stone

80. “Dior makes the best lip glosses going. I’m nuts about them, especially the clear one with the silver sparkles. I got addicted to DiorShow Mascara, too. It makes you look like you’re wearing false eyelashes. It’s the only one that rivals Maybelline.”

— Sharon Stone

81. “I don’t take myself very seriously. I like to make people laugh. You know, it’s like, if a woman can’t be happy for another woman’s work, they have to go work on that.”

— Sharon Stone

82. “There’s a value to getting the meal on the table every night, and there’s a value to being an old-school kind of parent.”

— Sharon Stone

83. “Any man in Hollywood will meet me if I want that. No, make that any man anywhere.”

— Sharon Stone

84. “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

85. “I’ve had the same breasts for my entire adult life.”

— Sharon Stone

86. “As women, we understand our bodies, and there’s a blossoming that occurs. We’re hungry for gourmet meals instead of the fast food. We bring to life a more expansive understanding of life, ourselves, and others. We are more generous and assertive.”

— Sharon Stone

87. “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

88. “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

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

— Sharon Stone

90. “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

91. “I loved old black and white movies, especially the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. I loved everything about them – the songs, the music, the romance and the spectacle. They were real class and I knew that I wanted to be in that world.”

— Sharon Stone

92. “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

93. “India has an enormous amount of AIDS awareness.”

— Sharon Stone

94. “After I was really unhappy and unhealthy, I think it dawned on me to stop doing the unhappy, unhealthy things.”

— Sharon Stone

95. “I like porterhouse steak, rib-eyes and New York strip. This works for me because I have very low cholesterol and low blood pressure. It’s not good for everyone; you have to talk to your doctor about that. I also eat fish and cheese. I like clean food prepared as simply as possible.”

— Sharon Stone

96. “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 really recognised my individuality and supported me in that.”

— Sharon Stone

97. “My father has always been supportive of my individuality.”

— Sharon Stone

98. “I was a short order cook in a pool hall in college. So I am the fastest cook in the world.”

— Sharon Stone

99. “I always thought I would adopt. Even when I was young, I used to look up how to adopt.”

— Sharon Stone

100. “I certainly think Halle Berry’s a wonderful role model. She’s a terrific stepmother and has shown that in so many beautiful ways and has made such enormous strides for women culturally and such great successes as an actress and philanthropist.”

— Sharon Stone