Sharon Stone Blasts Hollywood

Loose-cannon actress zings Leo, Gwyneth, others in new interview

By Julie Keller Aug 11, 1999 8:10 PMTags
The blonde bombshell who thumbed her nose at wearing underwear in Basic Instinct is now thumbing her nose at Hollywood.

In the September edition of Movieline, cover girl Sharon Stone takes potshots at Leonardo DiCaprio, Gwyneth Paltrow and Steven Seagal, and gives readers the lowdown on her marriage--and her breasts.

The mouthy actress considers the Titanic star an acting genius, but she's a little concerned about his meteoric rise to the top. "It's such a hideous thing, what's happened to Leonardo DiCaprio," she says of her $20 million-a-pic Quick and the Dead costar. "I can't think of anything worse than for him to be so famous. Fame is an ugly thing."

Also in Stone's line of fire is media darling Paltrow. She's "very young and lives in rarefied air that's very thin. It's like she's not getting enough oxygen," according to the Stone, perhaps smarting from Paltrow's recent Saturday Night Live Stone parody. Sharon apparently "didn't appreciate" comments in the skit about her stern-faced journalist husband, Phil Bronstein.

She also zings her Above the Law costar Steven Seagal, whom she deems unworthy of "the ink it would take to write about him."

But the actress isn't a big ball of negativity throughout article. She has high praise for Jim Carrey ("a genius"), Angelina Jolie ("lovely") and Charlize Theron ("a real talent").

And while she considers questions about her prenup with hubby Bronstein "not in good taste," she's quick to expound on the merits of married sex and the perfection of her breasts--for the record, she's "very happy" with them.

Curious moviegoers who've somehow missed their repeated presence in her previous flicks can try to catch a peek at them soon. Stone will be seen next starring as Albert Brooks' inspiration in The Muse.