Sharon Stone says she was DROPPED by Hollywood after suffering a stroke trends now
Sharon Stone says she was dropped by Hollywood after suffering a stroke and near-fatal brain hemorrhage in 2001.
Doctors told her at the time that the 'nine-day brain bleed' left her with just a 'one percent chance' survival.
And despite defeating the odds, the actress claims that she struggled to find work for 20 years after recovering.
'I recovered for seven years, and I haven't had jobs since,' Stone said while hosting THR's Raising Our Voices luncheon on Thursday.
'When it first happened, I didn't want to tell anybody because you know if something goes wrong with you, you're out.
'Something went wrong with me — I've been out for 20 years. I haven't had jobs. I was a very big movie star at one point in my life,' Stone explained.
Sharon Stone says she was dropped by Hollywood after suffering a stroke and near-fatal brain hemorrhage in 2001
Stone, 65, went on to recall the times in her career when she had to stand up for herself and be her own advocate.
'I broke a lot of glass ceilings on the top of my head,' Stone said, suggesting it had a negative impact on her career.
'I want to tell you that it hurt. It hurt to get paid. It hurt to fight the studio heads. It hurt to make boundaries — boundaries about who could come in my trailer and what they could ask for; boundaries about the fact that I didn't want to sign my contract in my makeup trailer on the day that I started a show,' she preached.
Stone added, 'It hurt to say that I had, like any corporation, the opportunity to have my lawyer read my contract and that I didn't have to start the show signing my unread contract in the makeup trailer.'
With diversity being one of the central themes of the event, Stone spoke about the importance of self advocacy.
'Diversity
