Demi Moore says she no longer strives for perfection and that one simple piece of advice has changed her perspective.
The actor opened up during a Power Talks panel hosted by Kérastase at NYA Studios in Los Angeles on March 3, reflecting on how she once felt pressure to be “perfect.”
“Someone said something interesting about being perfect, because I was definitely trapped by trying to be perfect,” Moore, 63, said.
Recalling the conversation, she said the person asked if she knew anyone or anything that was perfect. “I said, ‘No.’ And he said, ‘Why would you want to be nobody and nothing?’
The Substance star also spoke about refusing to follow arbitrary expectations around age and appearance.
Moore said she once heard that women should cut their hair when they reached a certain age — advice she chose to ignore. “I remember being told, ‘Well… when you get to a certain age you have to cut your hair, you can’t have long hair,'” she said. “And I didn’t understand why that was a collective rule.”
On the contrary, the actress suggested that people should choose where they feel confident and comfortable. “So I grew my hair out, and I’m pretty attached to it,” she added.
The Husbandman The actor said she often reminds her children that change is the only constant in life.
“The one thing we can really count on – the only real constant – is change,” Moore said. “We can go along with it or resist it and be limited by it. I would much rather be in the flow.”
