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Demi Moore explained how life-changing advice helped her let go of striving for perfection<\/p>\n
The actress also said she believes in challenging the societal norms around gender and aging<\/p>\n
Moore spoke during a recent Power Talks panel discussion hosted by K\u00e9rastase in Los Angeles on March 3<\/p>\n
Demi Moore<\/a> opened up about why she doesn’t aspire to perfection.<\/p>\n Moore discussed her candid thoughts during a Power Talks panel discussion hosted by K\u00e9rastase at NYA Studios in Los Angeles on March 3. During the conversation, the actress said that she used to strive to be \u201cperfect,\u201d but her perspective shifted after she received some life-changing wisdom.<\/p>\n \u201cI had somebody say something so interesting about being perfect<\/a>, because I certainly have been trapped by trying to be perfect,\u201d Moore, 63, said.<\/p>\n Sara Foster and Demi Moore speak onstage during in Los Angeles on March 3, 2026 \u201c[They] said, \u2018Do you know anyone that’s perfect?\u2019 And I said, \u2018No.\u2019 [They said], \u2018Do you know anything that’s perfect?\u2019 I said, \u2018No, I don’t know anything that’s perfect.\u2019 And he said, \u2018Well, why would you want to be no one and nothing?\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n The Substance<\/a> star also said that she tries not to limit herself based on arbitrary societal rules around gender and aging.<\/p>\n \u201cI remember being told, \u2018Well \u2026 when you get to be a certain age, you should cut your hair, you shouldn’t have long hair<\/a>.\u2019 And it didn’t make sense to me of why that was some collective rule that existed,” she explained.<\/p>\n “And I felt like, \u2018Well, who says that that’s how it has to be? Why shouldn’t you have it however you feel the most beautiful, the most comfortable, the most confident? So … I let my hair grow, and I am quite attached to it,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Demi Moore attends a ‘Landman’ season 2 event in L.A. on Feb. 12, 2026 Moore went on to say that she firmly believes that getting older doesn\u2019t mean you have to stop changing.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like the greatest gift that I can give my children \u2014 the greatest gift that I can give myself \u2014 is to work on myself to become better every day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I wake up in gratitude<\/a>, then I can step into that day already from a space of openness and possibility,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n “And I mean, in truth, I always say to my children that the only thing that we can truly count on, the only true constant is change. And so, we can either flow with it or we can resist it and be limited by it. And so, I would much rather be in the flow,\u201d the Landman actress<\/a> continued.<\/p>\n![\"Sara](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5adb72d7926d52f1bafe6898abc9d04d.jpeg\"\/)
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