Bernard Weinraub, 'Basic Instinct': The Suspect Is Attractive, and May Be Fatal, in The New York Times, 15 marzo 1992. URL consultato il 9 agosto 2009.
«But the sexual content of the film helped determine the choice of its female star. Ms. Stone, who played Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife in 'Total Recall', was cast in 'Basic Instinct' only after better-known actresses like Michelle Pfeiffer, Kim Basinger, Geena Davis, Ellen Barkin and Mariel Hemingway rejected her part, largely because it demanded so much nudity and sexual simulation.»