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‘We don’t need more small-penis energy’… Sharon Stone on why she swapped acting for art

At 66, Stone is no longer offered roles worthy of her talents – so she paints up to 17 hours a day. She opens up about Hollywood, her tough upbringing and letting her ‘creative faucet flow’

(Two years ago, Depp’s debut art collection Friends and Heroes, consisting of 780 screen prints of the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Bob Dylan and Keith Richards, sold for an estimated $3.65m.) She’s a devotee of the wisdom of comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell, whose philosophy, encapsulated in the slogan “follow your bliss”, prompted Stone to move from movie set to easel. “It’s really important to continue to be artistically creative, to let that faucet flow, so that your art stays ever present and modern.” As if to prove the point, she tells me she’s planning to spend the rest of the day on a painting for her new San Francisco show.

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