Sharon Stone recently opened up about the importance of accepting and loving your body as you age, even when it feels like it’s “collapsing.”
The 66-year-old Casino star shared her perspective with The Sunday Times, emphasizing that many people give up on their bodies as they get older. “They let go of their body because it’s collapsing anyway, or they think, ‘I’m not defined by my body anymore.’ But you still have to love that body,” Stone said.
Now a painter after transitioning from acting to visual art, Stone reflected on her changing body. “I joke that my underarms have pleats now,” she said. “I think, ‘Well, I had beautiful arms, and now they’re strong and painting and like angel wings. So what if they have pleats? Maybe that’s what makes them wonderful now.’”
Stone also recalled some bold advice from Dynasty star Joan Collins. While at the home of late author Jackie Collins, playing billiards, Joan told Stone, “Let me give you a tip. After 40, never get on top and never wave goodbye.” Stone laughed and shared another memorable Joan Collins moment: “Joan once described a man to me as a ‘bungalow — everything downstairs, nothing upstairs.’ She’s so funny.”
Stone’s sense of humor extends to her red carpet preparations, which she describes as a complete transformation. “I call it the Mrs. Potato Head moment,” she explained. “We put on the face, we put on the dress, and we shove her out of the door.”
The actress also reflected on her remarkable recovery from a near-fatal stroke and brain hemorrhage in 2001, when doctors gave her a “1% chance of survival.” Today, she proudly steps out “on two feet in five-inch heels.”
“I can do it, and I made it,” Stone said, offering encouragement. “And you can too.”
