Sharon Stone’s basic instinct was to set the record straight.
The actress, 67, gave a cheeky speech while accepting the career achievement award at the 2026 Astra Awards on Friday.
In an online video circulating from Stone’s speech, the “Casino” star called out the people seated at her table.
“And to the kids at my table who wondered, ‘Who the f–k took that chair?’ Now you know,” Stone began, before telling the crowd: “Yeah, someone came over and said, ‘Who are you and why are you sitting here?’”
The Oscar nominee added, “As she said, ‘F–k you!’”
Stone then challenged those seated at the award show to use their status for good.
“More importantly, and more to the point, I’d like to say welcome to you. And I’d like to say, this is an opportunity. Because I started my activism work when my fame kicked in,” she explained. “And I’d like to give you an opportunity to start your activism work now that your consciousness has kicked in. Because fame without awareness, success without purpose, is pointless.”
Stone then reflected on her own career and landing the role opposite Michael Douglas in 1992’s “Basic Instinct.”
The icon told the audience that she “wasn’t the first person” offered the part but that she “was the person who got a manager to bring her to the office and get her the script.”
“I was the person who was prepared, because I had the script for eight months, and I was the person who had a manager to call every single f–king day, because I wanted that part,” she went on.
“When you want something, as an artist, you should go and get it, because you know what’s meant for you, and you know where you can fit and where you can make a change with your art,” Stone urged.
In Paul Verhoeven’s “Basic Instinct,” Stone played a seductive writer who becomes the prime suspect in the murder investigation of a rich rock star.
She reprised the role for the 2006 sequel, which bombed at the box office and received negative reviews.
In 2023, Stone reflected on the role that shot her to super stardom.
“I got to confront my whole self, and that’s a scary journey,” she told People. “But once you do it, you walk away with a tremendous amount of confidence because you’ve had to look at all of yourself, parts of yourself you would never have to dig deep and look at, scary parts, dark parts, concerning parts.”
“And once you do that, you get quite a bit of confidence because you’ve really looked into the dark mirror,” Stone added.
The activist doesn’t approve of the movie’s planned reboot, however.
“If it goes the way the one that I was in went, I would just say, I don’t know why you’d do it,” Stone said while on “Today” in August.
“I mean, go ahead, but good f—ing luck,” she quipped.
“I’m at that stage where I already retired once, and I already died a couple of times,” Stone continued. “I’m like, ‘What are you gonna do? Kill me again? Go ahead.’”
Variety reported in July that Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists and Scott Stuber acquired the rights to a reboot of “Basic Instinct.”
Joe Eszterhas, who wrote the first two projects, is set to pen the third script.
