Sharon Stone bashes ‘Sliver’ movie days after co-star Billy Baldwin ripped into her

Sharon Stone slammed the “terrible dialogue” in her 1993 film “Sliver,” shortly after her former co-star Billy Baldwin declared he’ll “never” work with her again.

The actress reflected on “Sliver” in a new interview with Variety, where she read some of her famous lines and had to guess which movie it came from.

“You’ve been spending too much time with your vibrator,” the quote read, as Sharon admitted, “God, I don’t remember saying that. Or thinking that.”

Sharon Stone (seen above at New York Fashion Week 2026) bashed her 1993 film “Sliver.” GC Images
The actress (pictured here) called out the movie’s “terrible dialogue” in a new interview with Variety. RICCARDO ANTIMIANI/EPA/Shutterstock

The 68-year-old initially guessed the line came from her 1998 sci-fi movie “Sphere,” before her memory clicked in.

“No, not ‘Sphere.’ The one, the name of the building. Oh! ‘Sliver,’” she said.

Stone continued, “I made a rule that no one was allowed to even say that word for years. And that’s why, because, what terrible dialogue. Clearly written by a man without enough to do.”

“What terrible dialogue. Clearly written by a man without enough to do,” said Stone (seen here in the film with Billy Baldwin). ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection
“Sliver” was written by Joe Eszterhas, who worked with Stone (seen above with Baldwin) on 1992’s “Basic Instict.” ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection

“Sliver” was written by Joe Eszterhas, whom Stone previously worked with on her breakout film, the 1992 erotic thriller “Basic Instinct.”

In “Sliver,” Stone plays a book editor who moves into a luxury Manhattan building and becomes romantically involved with a mysterious tenant, played by Baldwin, 63.

The film, based on Ira Levin’s novel of the same name, was critically panned.

However, Stone’s career rebounded when she starred in Martin Scorsese’s “Casino” just two years later, earning her first — and still only — Oscar nomination.

Stone (seen here) plays a book editor who moves into a luxury Manhattan building and becomes romantically involved with a mysterious tenant in “Sliver.” GC Images
“Sliver” was panned by critics after it was released. (Eszterhas is pictured above at the “Sliver” premiere in 1993.) Getty Images

Baldwin also spoke about “Sliver” during a recent interview, claiming there was “tension” between himself and Stone on the set.

“We got along pretty well the first couple weeks,” he recalled on Tuesday’s episode of the “Lisa Guerrero Unleashed” podcast. “And then she wouldn’t say ‘hello’ or ‘goodbye’ to me for the next three months.”

Baldwin alleged that he felt so uncomfortable that he scheduled a meeting with producers and begged them to not make him kiss Stone in the film’s final love scene.

Baldwin (seen here) recently bashed Stone on a podcast, insisting he’d “never” work with her again. Lisa Guerrero/YouTube
Baldwin (seen above with Stone in the film) also claimed he begged producers to not make him kiss Stone in their final love scene. ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection

Elsewhere in the interview, Baldwin called out Stone for “badmouth[ing]” his acting skills on “Larry King Live” the week of the premiere.

He made additional claims about Stone, from her allegedly having “a shrine to [him] in her trailer,” complete with “candles and pictures” to her walking on crutches for days after he stepped on her with a socked foot mid-scene.

However, Baldwin insisted on the podcast that he’d “love to bury the hatchet” with Stone, and shared his hopes that he could “shake her hand” or “give her a hug.”

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