so, sharon stone, thank you so much forjoining us on the bbc�*s 100 women.irst of all, how are you? just tickled. i'm so excited. i so can't believe i got chosen for this list. thank you. one thing i do want to explore with you are women in hollywood. behind the scenes, you've got quite a plethora of titles she's since added many strings to her how, including humanitarian, author and painter. i caught up with her at a festival in italy where we talked movies, life and politics. so, sharon stone, thank you so much forjoining us on the bbc�*s 100 women. first of all, how are you? just tickled. i'm so excited. i so can't believe i got chosen for this list. thank you. one thing i do want to explore with you are women in hollywood. behind the scenes, you've got quite a plethora of titles to your portfolio, if you like. is that something that is growing in hollywood? you know, this comes in waves and spurts and it goes away and so what i think is happening, is then the editor and the critic and the audience, you know, everyone is now like, "0k, what are we going t

so, sharon stone, thank you so much forjoining us on the bbc�*s 100 women.irst of all, how are you? just tickled. i'm so excited. i so can't believe i got chosen for this list. thank you. one thing i do want to explore with you are women in hollywood. behind the scenes, you've got quite a plethora of titles to your portfolio, if you like. is that something that is growing in hollywood? you know, this comes in waves and spurts and it goes away in waves and spurts. movies were written, directed and produced, edited and distributed by men. right? so, they were written to be the fantasy of men and women were playing the fantasy of men, and they were edited to be the fantasy of men. and the critics decided if you met the fantasy, and that was it, right? so, you know, a lot of the characters i played, i thought, well, they're either high or drunk or crazy, because how else could you justify this behaviour? i think we're getting to a place where women are just playing how a woman would actually behave in this circumstance. and so what i think is happening, is then

so, sharon stone, thank you so much forjoining us on the bbc�*s 100 women.women in hollywood. behind the scenes, you've got quite a plethora of titles

so, sharon stone, thank you so much forjoining us on the bbc�*s 100 women.ollywood. behind the scenes, you've got quite a plethora of titles to your portfolio, if you like. is that something that is growing in hollywood? you know, this comes in waves and spurts and it goes away

host: sharon mcmahon, when did clara brown live?" we talking about the 1870's1880's or so when she was in her prime? guest: she eventually -- she's actually emancipated during the time period of, yes, the civil war, immediately following the civil war, so yes, the late 19th century. host: are dates important in history? memorizing dates? knowing eras? guest: yes, i think more than learning that something happened on june 2, 1874, more important than that, and let -- unless that date is very important for some reason that needs to be committed to memory, understanding time periods helps you better orient yourself in time and space. if we know we are talking about the immediate time period following the civil war during the time period of reconstruction, that can often help you feel like, ok, reconstruction is a time period i know about and here are other things that are happening during reconstruction. so more than just committing dates to memory, i think understanding the times and places in which people live, the geographical places in which they live, sort of