Demi Moore
Birthday: 11 November 1962, Roswell, New Mexico, USA
Birth Name: Demi Gene Guynes
Height: 165 cm
Demi Moore was born on November 11, 1962, in Roswell, New Mexico. Her father, Charles Foster Harmon, Sr., left her mother, Virginia Beverly (King), before Demi was born. Her stepfather, Danny Guynes, ...Show More
I don't think anyone could imagine it, but with Redford, all of a sudden, I was very shy and more se Show more
I don't think anyone could imagine it, but with Redford, all of a sudden, I was very shy and more self-conscious. This was THE Robert Redford and he's a kind of shy and reserved guy. Hide
[on working with Michael Caine in Flawless (2007)] Fantastic. I have to say, I've certainly grown in Show more
[on working with Michael Caine in Flawless (2007)] Fantastic. I have to say, I've certainly grown in having a greater appreciation for who he is. I realized actually, when I was 20 when I did the film (Blame It on Rio (1984)) playing his daughter, we didn't have the resource to be able to watch his films like we have today. Young actors now can go back and find everything. For me to have really been that familiar, I would've had to go to those arthouses and really waited to get that little sliver. So now I really have a greater appreciation, which hopefully we do as we get older anyway. Hide
Once you've tasted a bit of success, it's more challenging. We have to continue to be willing to tak Show more
Once you've tasted a bit of success, it's more challenging. We have to continue to be willing to take a risk so that we don't get too safe. Unwillingness to risk failure is always there, but it gets harder when you feel you have more to lose. So the better place to keep yourself in is out of your comfort zone, willing to try even at the risk of failing. And that's not natural to me at all. In fact, it's completely unnatural. Hide
There was a point in my career that I was being encouraged to do a film for what felt like the wrong Show more
There was a point in my career that I was being encouraged to do a film for what felt like the wrong reasons, which were for monetary reasons. But I had an overwhelming sense of intuition that it wasn't right, that it felt unsafe, that there were elements that really just were wrong. And what's interesting is, I didn't follow my intuition. I allowed myself to be persuaded. And the biggest part of why that was created is that I didn't have enough self-confidence or trust in my own information. Hide
I have no obligation to be politically correct.
I have no obligation to be politically correct.
I'm sure there are people who think I'm a bitch, but all I do is strive for perfection. I expect oth Show more
I'm sure there are people who think I'm a bitch, but all I do is strive for perfection. I expect others to work as hard as me, but I'm not demanding to an unreasonable point. Hide
I used to say that I attended 48 schools, but I think it's something over 30. I attended six high sc Show more
I used to say that I attended 48 schools, but I think it's something over 30. I attended six high schools, and I always had at least two schools in every grade. Sometimes I made three moves in one grade. My shortest stay was two months. Hide
[to Susan Boyle] You have nothing to lose - just keep sharing your light.
[to Susan Boyle] You have nothing to lose - just keep sharing your light.
I think we all want the same things. We all want to feel loved, and feel a part of something, but we Show more
I think we all want the same things. We all want to feel loved, and feel a part of something, but we all have self-doubt no matter where we came from. Hide
I'm honored if I can inspire somebody else.
I'm honored if I can inspire somebody else.
I'm sure there was a huge boon in pottery classes that they hadn't seen since macrame, Birkenstocks, Show more
I'm sure there was a huge boon in pottery classes that they hadn't seen since macrame, Birkenstocks, and hairy legs were in fashion! Hide
On the changes made to Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" (she starred in the adaptation): I Show more
On the changes made to Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" (she starred in the adaptation): In truth, not very many people have read the book...the ultimate message of "Hester Prynne" would have been lost if we'd stayed with the original ending. Hide
[1985, on being dubbed a member of the "Brat Pack"] I hate it! I find it embarrassing, hateful and d Show more
[1985, on being dubbed a member of the "Brat Pack"] I hate it! I find it embarrassing, hateful and demeaning. Hide
There's nothing wrong with having a desire to want nice things. It's when we place that as a measure Show more
There's nothing wrong with having a desire to want nice things. It's when we place that as a measure of the value of ourselves that it goes askew. Hide
[on plastic surgery] It's completely false, I've never had it done. It's a way to combat your neuros Show more
[on plastic surgery] It's completely false, I've never had it done. It's a way to combat your neurosis. The scalpel won't make you happy. For the moment I prefer to be a beautiful woman of my age than try desperately to look thirty. Hide
[at a briefing on Domestic Sex Trafficking in Washington, D.C., 5/4/10] As long as one person is ens Show more
[at a briefing on Domestic Sex Trafficking in Washington, D.C., 5/4/10] As long as one person is enslaved, we are all enslaved. As long as we continue to allow these young women to be criminalized, the message we're putting out is that women and girls can be bought ... It's time that we bring the dirty little secret out into the open. Hide
[on About Last Night... (1986)] Some of the critics didn't like the happy ending. But there was no w Show more
[on About Last Night... (1986)] Some of the critics didn't like the happy ending. But there was no way you could have any other ending on that movie. After building up compassion for the characters, to just throw it away with an unhappy ending would have been stupid. Hide
Time is an amazing equalizer. I think if you stay true to yourself and keep moving forward, things c Show more
Time is an amazing equalizer. I think if you stay true to yourself and keep moving forward, things come around. Hide
The truth is you can have a great marriage, but there are still no guarantees.
The truth is you can have a great marriage, but there are still no guarantees.
I didn't want to work and drag my kids with me while they were trying to cross this huge transition. Show more
I didn't want to work and drag my kids with me while they were trying to cross this huge transition. I wanted them to become as stable and as confident as possible. There are people who go through this and don't have the financial means, but I did. It wasn't a risk; it was the right thing to do. Hide
There's this idea that if you take your clothes off, somehow you must have loose morals. There's sti Show more
There's this idea that if you take your clothes off, somehow you must have loose morals. There's still a negative attitude in our society towards women who use a strength that's inherent - their femininity - in any way that might be considered seductive. Hide
[2005] In his own way, Ashton is romantic. We were apart for awhile, and he phoned me and said he'd Show more
[2005] In his own way, Ashton is romantic. We were apart for awhile, and he phoned me and said he'd shaved his leg. One leg. Because then at night, he said, it's like sleeping with a woman when he rubs against himself. Hide
I do take a stand about how a scene should be played. I have a passion for my work, and that sometim Show more
I do take a stand about how a scene should be played. I have a passion for my work, and that sometimes triggers creative conflicts. Hide
[on her approach to acting] It's 100 percent instinct. I haven't had years of learning in acting cla Show more
[on her approach to acting] It's 100 percent instinct. I haven't had years of learning in acting class. It just didn't go that way for me. Not because I ever felt I was so wonderful I didn't need it. I'm sure I could use plenty of guidance. Actually, I was too insecure to want to take that path. I always just felt that if I got in a class and somebody said, 'Boy, you're really not good, and maybe you should consider something else,' I would have had to, and I thought that if I could fake it long enough maybe I could figure it out. There's that old saying, 'Fake it until you make it,' and I think I might have been skating on that thin ice for a while in the hope nobody would find me out. I never even really had the ability to put myself in that kind of learning situation until right before I did Ghost (1990), when I worked in New York with a teacher named Harold Guskin. I enjoyed it, but being in a class would probably still be intimidating for me. Hide
The press is a big machine that runs of its own will, and to fight against it would take too much of Show more
The press is a big machine that runs of its own will, and to fight against it would take too much of my focus and my energy. All I can really do is try to find the safest way I can to use the press for positive things - promoting what I love, the movies I make. The rest of it, even though sometimes it hurts, sometimes it's disappointing, sometimes it's unjust, I just don't want to get caught up in it. I've seen what the press does to other stars, and I know I'm no exception. Everybody has their day. Sometimes it's a good time for you in the press, sometimes it's just your turn to get hit. There seems to be no rhyme or reason, no matter what you're doing or how hard you're working. Except you do see that sometimes it comes like the tide - if it's been a really good time for you, the press starts looking for reasons to bring you down, and if you're really down it seems as if they start to jump on a bandwagon so they can be the creators and bring you back. So I just try to ride the wave. Hide
[on women in combat] If there are women, whatever that percentage might be - two percent, five perce Show more
[on women in combat] If there are women, whatever that percentage might be - two percent, five percent - if they have the desire, if they have the ability to match up on an equal standard, then I think we want them there, because that just means somebody's found what they're supposed to do in their lifetime that they're good at. And if they have the passion to create that kind of commitment to be there, why shouldn't they be? Hide
Some of my lowest points were the most exciting opportunities to push through to be a better person.
Some of my lowest points were the most exciting opportunities to push through to be a better person.
[presenting Ghost (1990) at the ArcLight Hollywood, April 2013] It's something that touches people's Show more
[presenting Ghost (1990) at the ArcLight Hollywood, April 2013] It's something that touches people's heart, it transcends and has comforted people's soul in great loss and it has instilled a sense of hope and magic that those we love are always still with us. I'm truly grateful to have been part of this film, and I'm honored to be sharing with you tonight. I thank AFI and Target for bringing together this magical night for you to see it on the big screen. Hide
Demi Moore's FILMOGRAPHY - Page 2
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Demi Moore'S roles
Annie Laird
Crystal
Alexandra
Jules
Sissy Palmer-Ginsburg
Esmeralda
Rachel Carlson
Hester Prynne
General
Abby Quinn
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