Sharon Stone has an unexpected label for her fame.
At the Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards on Friday, June 21, the Casino actress, 66, accepted the Icon Award, celebrating her decades-long career in the entertainment industry and beyond. She spoke about how quickly she rose to fame, and why she calls her celebrity “Barney.”
The event, which took place at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, honored influencers, celebrities and icons who have made a lasting impact on the culture.
Stone reflected on her meteoric rise in Hollywood in the 1980s and 1990s in her acceptance speech. “I became so famous so fast, and I became so famous in a way that people wanted to diminish me for my accomplishment,” she recalled.
The Basic Instinct star said that people didn’t want to recognize her talent “because I was a woman.”
“They didn’t want to give it to me because I was…
