Sharon Stone

Realise when you are 'middle aged' you have a chance for a whole second career, another love, another life.

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.

This idea that being youthful is the only thing that's beautiful or attractive simply isn't true.

When I'm with my friends' teenage children, I always say, 'Are your friends having sex yet?'

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.

People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so.

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.

I feel more grounded and more settled than I ever have. I don't know whether that is to do with my spirituality or whether I'm wiser about life, but as you age you become more selective about what you listen to, devote your time to and who you hang out with.

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

This idea that being youthful is the only thing that's beautiful or attractive simply isn't true. I don't want to be an 'ageless beauty.' I want to be a woman who is the best I can be at my age.

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.

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.