Many call Demi Moore’s the recent resurgence is a comeback.
For the 61-year-old actress, whatever you call it, she’s just grateful. “As much as it wants to be characterized from the outside, I really appreciate it all,” she said. Weekly Entertainment attention, some of which surrounds her full-frontal nudity scene in her new film, “The Substance.”
He made his debut at Cannes film festival last week and received rave reviews.
DEMI MOORE, 61, SAYS FRONTAL NUDITY AT CANNES FESTIVAL WAS A “VULNERABLE EXPERIENCE”
Demi Moore says that while she never officially left the acting world, there were times when she wondered if staying was the right decision for her. (Kristy Sparow/Getty Images)
Speaking about his career and experience in the business, Moore says: “It’s not like I ever officially LEFTbut I understand that feeling and I appreciate it because there hasn’t been a project or role that’s been this dynamic that I’ve really dove into and sunk my teeth into. ”
“I went through a period where I wondered if this was even what I should still be doing,” she admitted. “Over the last four years, I felt this was a personal question that I wanted to explore and see. Was this where I should put my energy? When you plant seeds, you expect see what grows.”
Flattered by all the positive press she’s received recently, Demi Moore clarifies that she never left the industry. (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
The first time Moore took a break from acting was in 1997, in an effort to spend more time with her three daughters, whom she shares with her ex-husband, Bruce Willis.
‘I recommitted and I did it’Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” and a few things. It changed, but at that time I felt like I wasn’t sure where I was going to fit in. I worked, I did some things, some good things which I’m proud of, like ‘Margin Call,'” she noted. But Moore said she still found herself “questioning my own abilities, my own worth, my own place” within Hollywood.
Demi Moore, pictured at the Vanity Fair Oscars party in March with her three daughters, Tallulah, Rumer and Scout, initially took a break from her acting career to spend time with her children. (Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images)
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Since 2011’s “Margin Call,” Moore has appeared in more than a dozen films and had a few TV series arcs, but nothing compares to the buzz she received for “The Substance,” starring Dennis Quaid and Margaret Qualley.
In the film, Moore plays an aging actress who takes a black market drug to renew her youth.
Demi Moore says she’s questioned her “self-worth” as an actress in recent years. (Max Cisotti/Dave Bennett/Getty Images)
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“Like the movie, no matter what’s going on outside of you, it has to do with what’s going on inside of you,” Moore told Entertainment Weekly. “Dealing with aging, feeling rejected, and also that external search for validation. There are aspects that I feel like we’ve all had moments with. The setting gives it a heightened perspective and helps to punctuate the problems, because, as with all of us, when you are put out to let yourself be criticized, it takes a bigger life “.
Demi Moore was present at the amfAR gala in Cannes on Thursday. (Ryan Emberley/amfAR/Getty Images for amfAR)
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It’s a good thing she never gave up: her film received a 13-minute standing ovation from the Cannes audience.
Moore said she was “humbled and excited” by the public reaction.
