Sharon Stone was a Hollywood star on the rise. Then she all but disappeared. Photo / Getty Images
Sharon Stone feels “grateful” that she prioritised motherhood over her career rather than chasing a Hollywood life.
The 65-year-old actress – who suffered a brain bleed in 2001 – has revealed that she doesn’t have any regrets about making her family her number one priority.
Stone – who has sons Roan, 23; Laird, 18; and Quinn, 17 – told People magazine: “I’m grateful that I chose motherhood as a healthy approach to my life and that I didn’t prioritise Hollywood, because they certainly didn’t prioritise me.”
Stone was one of the most sought-after actresses in the movie business before her health scare.
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But the film star believes she “lost [her] career” on the back of her health troubles.
She said: “I lost all those things that you feel are your real identity and your life.”
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Despite this, Stone feels happy with where she’s currently at in her life.
She said: “I never really got most of it back, but I’ve reached a point where I’m okay with it, where I really do recognise that I’m enough.”
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Meanwhile, Stone previously suggested that her reputation for being “difficult” has damaged her career.
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The actress has been outspoken on various issues over the years, and Stone thinks her honesty has undermined her earning potential.
She told WSJ Magazine: “I’m just excited to see where I belong in the world, to see where my journey is going.
“I think that when I was saying all these things – that now Kamala Harris, our fabulous vice president, and Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton are now avidly discussing – about women’s rights, [it] made my film career quite difficult.
“People found me to be ‘difficult’ because I was asking for those things and expecting to get those things that I felt were correct and appropriate for myself and other women.”

