Sharon Stone, 65, says she has to get eight hours of sleep a night or she suffers from seizures... after nearly DYING 22 years ago from brain bleed

Sharon Stone 'needs' eight hours of sleep a night so she doesn't have seizures. She must rest: Sharon Stone 'needs' eight hours of sleep a night so she doesn't have seizures. The 65-year-old actress was given just a one percent chance of making it through alive after she suffered a nine-day bleed on her brain in 2001 Almost 20 years ago: Stone appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2004 in Burbank, California after her brain bleed Following her hospitalization, the Basic Instinct star was 'stuttering' and not 'seeing correctly.' With her sons and mother: The Casino actress - who also has Laird, 18, and 17-year-old Quinn - has grown to appreciate the fact she doesn't have to take care of everyone else and it is OK for her to admit to her own vulnerabilities She said: 'I come from a very broken family.