Sharon Stone is clapping back after fellow attendees rudely accused her of stealing a seat at their table after they failed to recognize the A-list actress.
The Casino star, 67, won a Timeless Award at the Astras Awards and used her acceptance speech to call out the “kids” involved in the awkward encounter.
While the ceremony took place on January 9, a clip of the fiery speech picked up steam after the event, eventually going viral this week.
“And to the kids at my table who wondered, ‘Who the f**k took that chair?’ Now you know,” Stone said while accepting her award.
Further explaining the context but without naming the people in question, Stone continued, “Yeah, someone came over and said, ‘Who are you and why are you sitting here?’” Stone added, “As she said, ‘F**k you!’”
After putting the “kids” on blast due to their impolite treatment at the event, Stone then used the opportunity to urge them to use their fame and success for the greater good.
“More importantly, and more to the point, I’d like to say welcome to you. And I’d like to say, this is an opportunity. Because I started my activism work when my fame kicked in. And I’d like to give you an opportunity to start your activism work now that your consciousness has kicked in,” Stone continued. “Because fame without awareness, success without purpose, is pointless.”
During the speech, Stone also touched on her iconic role as Catherine Tramell in 1992’s Basic Instinct and explained the persistence it took in order to nab the gig in the first place.
“I wasn’t the first person they offered Basic Instinct to. But I was the person who got a manager to bring her to the office and get her the script,” she said. “And I was the person who was prepared, because I had that script for eight months. And I was the person who had a manager to call every single f**king day, because I wanted that part.”
Sharon Stone. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Stone’s tenacity and effort clearly paid off, and she urged others to chase their dreams and not let anything get in the way of making them a reality.
“When you want something, as an artist, you should go and get it, because you know what’s meant for you, and you know where you can fit and where you can make a change with your art,” she added.
In the past, Stone has been candid about the difficulties she’s faced while working in Hollywood, including sharing an anecdote about her famous Basic Instinct scene.
Writing in her 2021 memoir The Beauty of Living Twice, Stone claimed she was tricked into removing her underwear for her character’s iconic scene.
“After we shot Basic Instinct, I got called in to see it. Not on my own with the director … but with a room full of agents and lawyers, most of whom had nothing to do with the project,” Stone recalled in the book. “That was how I saw my vagina-shot for the first time, long after I’d been told, ‘We can’t see anything — I just need you to remove your panties, as the white is reflecting the light, so we know you have panties on.’ Yes, there have been many points of view on this topic, but since I’m the one with the vagina in question, let me say: The other points of view are bulls**t.”
After putting up a fight, Stone ultimately allowed the scene to appear as she came to the conclusion it was the “correct” choice for the film and her character.
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