Demi Moore explained how life-changing advice helped her let go of striving for perfection
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The actress also said she believes in challenging the societal norms around gender and aging
Moore spoke during a recent Power Talks panel discussion hosted by Kérastase in Los Angeles on March 3
Demi Mooreopened up about why she doesn't aspire to perfection.
Moore discussed her candid thoughts during a Power Talks panel discussion hosted by Kérastase at NYA Studios in Los Angeles on March 3. During the conversation, the actress said that she used to strive to be "perfect," but her perspective shifted after she received some life-changing wisdom.
"I had somebody say something so interesting aboutbeing perfect, because I certainly have been trapped by trying to be perfect," Moore, 63, said.
"[They] said, 'Do you know anyone that's perfect?' And I said, 'No.' [They said], 'Do you know anything that's perfect?' I said, 'No, I don't know anything that's perfect.' And he said, 'Well, why would you want to be no one and nothing?' "
The Substancestar also said that she tries not to limit herself based on arbitrary societal rules around gender and aging.
"I remember being told, 'Well … when you get to be a certain age, you should cut your hair, youshouldn't have long hair.' And it didn't make sense to me of why that was some collective rule that existed," she explained.
"And I felt like, 'Well, 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," she added.
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Moore went on to say that she firmly believes that getting older doesn't mean you have to stop changing.
"I feel like the greatest gift that I can give my children — the greatest gift that I can give myself — is to work on myself to become better every day," she said.
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"If I wake upin gratitude, then I can step into that day already from a space of openness and possibility," she added.
"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," theLandmanactresscontinued.
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"And I want to know at the end of my life that I've done everything possible to really step into the fullness of who I am. And I don't think when we're in our early days that we know who that is. And I can say sitting here at 63, that I'm still in discovery," she added.
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