Overview
- Stone accepted the Hollywood Creative Alliance’s Timeless Award at the Sofitel-hosted Astra Awards on Friday and delivered an expletive-laden nine-minute speech.
- She criticized performative activism, saying talk means little compared with using one’s gifts to do real work.
- Recounting Basic Instinct, she described keeping the script for eight months and having her manager call daily as she pursued the role.
- She pressed higher-paid talent to back their crews by avoiding the craft service table, paying for better food, cleaning trailers, and taking out their trash.
- She cited Taylor Swift as an example of decency and urged stars to spend time off doing meaningful service, including hospital visits.