♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY.
MY FIRST GUEST IS AN ACADEMY AWARD-NOMINATED ACTRESS AND
AUTHOR YOU KNOW FROM "BASIC INSTINCT" AND "CASINO."
HER NEW MEMOIR IS CALLED "THE BEAUTY OF LIVING TWICE."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," SHARON STONE!
SHARON STONE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW MEMOIR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: "THE BEAUTY OF LIVING TWICE."
THIS ISN'T YOUR FIRST BOOK, THOUGH, RIGHT?
>> NO, I WROTE A LITTLE BOOK BEFORE WITH MY FRIEND MIMI
CRAVEN.
WE WROTE A BOOK A THE LONG TIME AGO FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE SOMETHING
TO GIVE SOMEONE WHEN THEY LOSE SOMEONE IMPORTANT IN THEIR
LIVES.
>> Stephen: OH, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
>> AND I FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THE PIE OVER OR A CASE
OF BEER, IT WOULD BE NICER IF SOMEONE HAD A THING TO GIVE
SOMEONE.
SO WE WROTE THIS-- SHE TOOK A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS OF
ANGELS IN GRAVEYARDS ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND I WROTE LITTLE
PASSAGES ON THE PAGES AND LEFT SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO WRITE
THINGS.
SO THAT WAS THE FIRST BOOK.
>> Stephen: WELL, THAT'S LOVELY.
WELL, YOU TELL AMAZING STORIES IN HERE.
BUT I NEED TO-- I NEED TO FACT CHECK ONE HERE THAT'S SLIGHTLY
HARD TO BELIEVE.
IS IT TRUE THAT YOUR GRANDMOTHER-- I HOPE I HAVE THIS
RIGHT-- YOUR GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT YOU HOW TO PICK POCKETS.
>> MY GRANDMOTHER JUST BASICALLY STOLE EVERYTHING THAT WASN'T
NAILED DOWN.
SHE WAS A REAL CHARACTER.
ALL THE DISHES IN HER HOUSE HAD THE NAMES OF HOTELS AND ALL THE
SILVERWARE HAD THE NAMES OF OTHER PLACES.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE KITCHEN TABLE HAD, LIKE, THE TIN DINER NAPKIN
HOLDER THAT YOU CAN TAKE THE NAPKINS OUT OF SIDES, AND THE
GIGANTIC SALT SHAKERS.
SHE WAS REALLY FUNNY.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE SECRET?
WHAT'S THE SECRET TO BEING A PICK POCKET?
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
>> DISTRACTION.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
LIKE PERHAPS SOMEONE MIGHT BE TALKING TO A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN,
AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT HER HANDS ARE DOING.
>> WELL, SORT OF.
WHEN YOU STEAL THINGS OFF THE TABLE TOP YOU OFTEN LEAN IN AND
TALK SO PEOPLE DON'T NOTICE YOUR HAND SLIDING THE THINGS OFF THE
TABLE ON TO YOUR LAP AND THEN INTO A BAG.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE BEST THING YOU EVER STOLE?
DID YOU EVER USE THIS SUPER POWER, SHARON STONE?
>> WELL, I DID, BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE ME WHEN I WAS
TELLING THEM THIS STORY.
I WAS IN PRAGUE WITH MY FRIEND, MIMI, AND I THINK IT WAS HER
DAD.
AND I WAS TELLING THE STORY, AND THEY WERE LIKE, "NO, NO, THAT'S
NOT TRUE!" SO I PUT THE ENTIRE TEA SERVICE
IN MY FRIEND'S PURSE WHILE I WAS TELLING THE STORY, AND WHEN WE
GOT UP TO THE ROOM SHE HAD THE CREAMER AND THE SUGAR AND THE
TEA POT AND EVERYTHING IN HER BAG.
AND I HEARD HER-- BECAUSE WE HAD A TWO-ROOM SUITE-- AND I HEARD
HER OPEN YOUR BAG AND LAUGH, THAT SHE HAD ALL THE HOTEL'S
STUFF IN HER PURSE.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU'RE A PRACTICING BUDDHIST, I
UNDERSTAND.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU'RE A POPE FAN GIRL AT THE SAME TIME.
ARE YOU-- ARE YOU A POPE FAN OR A FRANCIS FAN?
>> WELL, I AM A FAN OF PEOPLE WHO STAND IN FOR SPIRIT, REALLY.
AND, I MEAN, I BELIEVE THAT GOD IS VERY SOPHISTICATED AND CAN
SPEAK MORE LANGUAGES THAN JUDGE, SAY, CHRISTIAN, OR AVENUES OF
CHRISTIANITY, LIKE CATHOLICISM OR AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD
PROBABLY SPEAKS ALL OF THOSE LANGUAGES AS A SOPHISTICATED
RELIGIOUSIDATEY.
AND THAT, REALLY, GOD IS LOVE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT REALLY GOOD RELIGIOUS LEADERS STAND IN WHEN
PEOPLE DON'T FEEL GOD AND FEEL THAT LOVE, THAT FORGIVENESS,
THAT GRIEF COUNSELING, THAT SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE DOES NOT
ARRIVE IN THEIR LIFE, THAT THE REALLY GREAT THEOLOGISTS SHOW
UP.
AND I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE LIKE THE DALAI LAMA, PEOPLE LIKE THIS
WONDERFUL POPE FRANCIS, SHOW UP.
AND HE'S A JESUIT, WHICH I THINK IS A FINE SORT OF RELIGIOUS
TEACHING, MUCH LIKE THE FRANCISCANS, WHO I REALLY
ADMIRE.
BECAUSE THEY WORK WITH PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE LESS PIOUS AND REMOVED AND
AUTHORITARIAN AREN'T AS GOOD AS THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WORK
WITH THE PEOPLE AND ACKNOWLEDGE LIFE AS IT IS TODAY ARE THE
BETTER RELIGIOUS LEADERS.
>> Stephen: BEING A REAL-DEAL MOVIE STAR, YOU'VE GOTTEN SOME
PEOPLE WHO HAVE ADVISED YOU OVER THE YEARS.
YOU WORKED WITH AMAZING PEOPLE.
STEPHEN SODERBERGH CALLS YOU I BELIEVE SHARON ( BLEEP ) STONE.
SO SHARON ( BLEEP ) STONE, WHO HAS GIVEN YOU THE BEST ADVICE?
>> IN MY ACTING CAREER?
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> OR OVERALL?
>> Stephen: DEALER'S CHOICE.
>> I BELIEVE IN MY ACTING CAREER, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY BOTH
PAUL VERHOVEN AND MARTY SCORSESE HAVE PROBABLY GIVEN ME THE BEST
ADVICE, BECAUSE PAUL VERHOFFEN TOLD ME THAT MY TALENT WAS LIKE
AN ANGEL THAT WOULD FLY THROUGH ME, AND THAT I NEEDED TO GET OUT
OF ITS WAY.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS VERY GOOD ADVICE.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> AND MARTY SCORSESE VERY MUCH WOULD ALSO-- THEY WERE WILLING
TO TELL ME ABOUT THEIR OWN LIV LIVES, AND THEY WERE WILLING TO
CREATE A SPACE WITH ME WHERE THEY WOULD LEAN IN AND SOMETIMES
PUT THEIR FOREHEAD ON MY FOREHEAD, BOTH OF THEM, AND JUST
HOLD THE SPACE AROUND ME SO THAT I WOULD HAVE A SPACE TO BE.
BECAUSE THE SET IS A VERY CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT, AND THERE
ISN'T A QUIET SPACE FOR ACTORS, YOU KNOW.
IT'S JUST MAYHEM, AND THEN, "ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY!
SILENCE!
WE'RE ROLLING!" AND THEN EVERYBODY KW QIETS DOWN
AND THEN WITHIN SECONDS, ACTION.
YOU HAVE TO PREPARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT.
A DIRECTOR WHO WILL LITERALLY PUT THEIR MIND TO YOUR MIND AND
LOOK AT YOU AND TALK TO YOU AND REALLY GET IN THERE WITH YOU.
THOSE ARE THE MOST HELPFUL TO ME, THE PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND
THAT, YOU KNOW,, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTING CREW, THEY'RE BRINGING
THE LIGHTS AND THE SOUND MAN, THEY'RE DRAG CABLES, AND THE
CARPENTERS, THEY'RE WORKING AND BUILDING.
BUT YOU, YOU'RE BRINGING EMOTION.
YOU'RE BRINGING THIS THING OUT OF YOURSELF.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, HONESTLY, THEY DON'T REALLY GET WHAT THAT
TAKES OR THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SMALL PROTECTED SPACE TO DO
THAT.
MANY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET SO MUCH ELSE FROM YOU WHILE YOU'RE
DOING THAT, THAT YOU ALMOST FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO SNAP, YOU
KNOW.
AND YOU'RE CRITICIZED IF YOU DO SNAP.
SO SOMEONE WHO WILL PROTECT YOU WHILE YOU'RE WORKING IS A VERY
BIG DEAL.
>> Stephen: ARE THERE ANY INSTANCE WHERE'S YOU TALK ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, SNAPPING IN HERE?
>> PROBABLY.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR SNAP THAT YOU-- YOU
WANT TO ATONE FOR OR A SNAP THAT YOU FELT, NO, THAT WAS ENTIRELY
JUSTIFIED?
>> I WOULD NOT SAY SO MUCH FOR MYSELF, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY SAY
THAT I SEE WITH SUCH, YOU KNOW, BRILLIANT ACTORS, LIKE MAYBE
CHRISTIAN BALE, WHO COMPLETELY TRANSFORMS HIMSELF INTO SOMEONE
ELSE, WHETHER HE'S PLAYING GEORGE BUSH OR WHETHER HE'S
PLAYING AN ANOREXIC OR WHETHER HE'S PLAYING AN O.C.D., YOU
KNOW, STOCKBROKER, HE BECOMES A DIFFERENT PERSON.
AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WANT TO GET UP IN HIS BUSINESS WHILE
HE'S TRYING TO COMPLETELY TRANSFORM INTO ANOTHER PERSON,
AND THEN HE'S LIKE, "GET AWAY FROM ME!"
YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY WANT TO CRITICIZE HIM FOR NOT BEING
AVAILABLE TO THEM.
I FIND THAT A LITTLE BIT KNOW-- MAYBE THEY SHOULD JUST, YOU
KNOW, GROW UP.
( LAUGHTER )
"THE BEAUTY OF LIVING TWICE" IS AVAILABLE MARCH 30.
THE AUTHOR, SHARON STONE, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH KEN BURNS.
THANKS, SHARON.
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