Sharon Stone

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.

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

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.

India has an enormous amount of AIDS awareness.

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.

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

I'm not trying to make myself look like a girl because I'm not a girl anymore. I'm very happy about being a grown woman.

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

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.

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.

People are afraid of changing; that they're losing something. They don't understand that they are also gaining something.

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.