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Sharon Stone appeared at the Taormina Film Festival on Friday for a press conference at the luxurious San Domenico Palace (where Season 2 of The White Lotus was partially filmed). Stone is in the Sicilian hilltop town to accept the Golden Cariddi for Lifetime Achievement later tonight.

In a wide-ranging conversation, the Oscar nominee touched on topics including how the film industry has changed since her breakthrough performance in 1992's Basic Instinct and the difference between how sex was depicted on screen then and now. She also revealed that she's considering a move to Europe.

Whether the latter is related to her political views was unclear, but Stone did speak about the upcoming US presidential election, saying: "Thank God I'm not a politician… I've always been a very proud American and I love my country very much. Of course I'm very concerned about what's happening in my country right now. This is one of the first times in my life that I've seen someone actually run for office on a platform of hate and oppression."