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Hollywood icon Sharon Stone has opened up about her approach to modern depictions of sexuality on television, saying she often fast-forwards through “blatant, harsh” sex scenes that detract from her imagination.

During a recent interview, as per Deadlinethe Academy Award nominee reflected on the 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct and its infamous interrogation scene.

Stone emphasised that the power of sexuality lies in suggestion rather than explicitness. “It wasn’t even an entire frame of film,” she said of the now-notorious nude scene.

“And, so, people were desperately trying to figure it out. And I think that idea of, ‘Oh, my God,’ this hope, this wonder, this mystery, this intrigue, this yearning is something that is what all of our profound sexuality is based in,” she said, as per Deadline.

Stone explained that contemporary television often misses this subtlety. “So often, now, when sex scenes come on TV, I fast-forward. I don’t want to see it. I don’t want to have to go through all of this blatant, harsh sexuality. For me, it steals from my own imagination. And I prefer my yearning, mystery, desire. I want to keep that alive inside myself,” she said, as quoted by Deadline.