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" 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.' "

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" I've made humanitarian causes and my children much more my priority than the Hollywood scene, being liked and getting movie parts. "

Sharon Stone

Children

Hollywood

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My personal style and public style are very different. When I go out, I play dress up. "

Sharon Stone

Dress

Style

" Some countries that I go to are still trying to deny that it's happening. In India, 2.1 million people are living with HIV AIDS. India manufactures most of the drugs that are used to cure HIV around the world, which is an amazing, amazing fact that most people don't know. "

Sharon Stone

People

Amazing

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I was young, all I wanted to be was a movie star. At a certain point, I started to grow up and really care about what I did. "

" If you act like you know what you're going, you can do anything you want - except neurosurgery. "

" I swear to God, I went in to buy bikinis, and the lady's like, 'You're not getting out of this store 'til you get down there and show me what you do for those abs and the arms.' She wouldn't sell me my bikinis! I had to get on the floor and do the stomach thing. "

" I was a short order cook in a pool hall in college. So, I am the fastest cook in the world. "

" Every time I exercise, I do something different based on which areas need to get in motion. "

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

" I think, for a long time, people just did not know what to do with me. I looked like a Barbie doll, and then I had this voice like I spend my life in a bar, and I said things that were alarming and had ideas that didn't make sense. "

Sharon Stone

Life

My Life

" 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. "

" I think it's really important that the people who are going to make decisions for other people have fair, truthful and compassionate regard for all people, not just some people. "

" When you're a regular gal, you look in the rearview mirror, and in the bright daylight you see that line around your mouth, but when you're an actress and you see that line up on the big screen, it's, like, seven feet long. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" To be happy, to make other people happy, to get into movie production more and probably to give some other people the chances that I had, to carry on enjoying being a mum and never to stop having flowers bought for me. I've still got a long way to go. "

" Before I was a year old I walked and talked and I was even potty trained. When I started going to school I think I got on everyone's nerves because I used to ask adult questions rather than settle for the stuff usually fed to kids. "

" I understand what it's like to go to hospitals and there's no medicine, and the best thing you have to give the patients is compassion. "

" I like to be treated as a lady. "

Sharon Stone

Treated

Lady

" 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

Good

New York

" My weakness is dark chocolate. I carry little tins of it in my purse. "

" 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. "

" It seems to be unfathomable to people that I just happen to be 49 and look good. I am totally capable of accepting myself. "