Sharon Stone says she was paid 'little bit of money' for 'Basic Instinct' while Michael Douglas earned $14 million

• Sharon Stone said in a CBC interview that she was paid "a little bit of money" for "Basic Instinct."
• However, Stone said costar Michael Douglas made $14 million on the movie.
• "I was in this weird limbo where I was suddenly famous, but didn't have any money," she said.

Sharon Stone revealed in a recent interview with CBC what it was like having little money but sudden fame following the release of the 1992 erotic thriller "Basic Instinct," and the pay disparity between her and costar Michael Douglas.

"I didn't get paid to do 'Basic Instinct,'" she said. "I made a little bit of money. Michael made $14 million and has points. I made not enough money to buy my dress to go to the Oscars the next year. I was in this weird limbo where I was suddenly famous, but didn't have any money."

Representatives for Douglas did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

"It's Friday and you're you. Tuesday, you're the Beatles," she said. "People are climbing all over your car. You try to walk down the street and suddenly 30 people that were shopping are running, chasing you. You're running and locking yourself in stores and the people are like, 'Wait, don't lock the door,' and you're like, 'Oh, I'll buy something. Please help me.' Suddenly you're in this weird chase."

Stone did not disclose how much she made on the movie, but as she was a virtual unknown at the time, it's safe to assume she didn't get a big payday.

Stone opened up about the experience making "Basic Instinct" in her recent memoir "The Beauty of Living Twice," including saying she was tricked into not wearing underwear for her famous leg-crossing scene in the movie.

When Stone became more established she helped out at least one actor financially who was getting his career off the ground.

She revealed in her book that on the 1995 movie, "The Quick and the Dead," which she was a co-producer on, she paid the salary of a young Leonardo DiCaprio when the studio didn't want to hire him.

"The studio said if I wanted him so much, I could pay him out of my own salary. So I did," she wrote.