Demi Moore doesn’t see relationships as a priority right now.
Talking to The Guardian in a new interview published on Saturday, September 14, Substance star revealed that work has been mostly her focus as her first new film in two years hits theaters this month.
“Am I going out?” Moore asked, repeating the questioner’s question. “I don’t know. I will say that’s not what I’ve focused on. Especially in the past four, five years, my focus has been to focus on my job.”
Moore, 61, said at the time that she eventually wanted to focus more on her craft after “deciding not to work” for a “long” time.
“It’s not that I’m not interested in dating,” she added. “It’s more about knowing that I’m in a place now where it’s much more about choice rather than feeling like there’s any kind of disadvantage.”
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After explaining that she thinks women are “in many ways more resilient” and “stronger,” Moore said women are also “often” caregivers.
“So I think when we get to that place of greater independence and freedom in our later years, I don’t know if we’re going to … look to others for responsibility. We have, for the first time, a real space to move without the weight of others,” she said, adding that she also enjoys “being with others” and has “full faith, because I think we are a common species”.
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Moore’s comments about dating come days after she revealed on Today show on Monday, September 9 that she is currently experiencing “the most exciting time of my life.”
After the premiere of the new film at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, in which her character Elisabeth Sparkle tries black market drugs to create a younger version of herself, Moore expressed her excitement about where she is today at 61 years old.
“We are what the future is for women, and I look at having my daughters and I don’t want to.” [it] to ever think there’s an end,” Moore said.
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Demi Moore at the premiere of ‘The Substance’ at TIFF on September 5, 2024.
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“For me, this is the most exciting time in my life. That’s right, I feel like my kids are grown, I have the most independence and autonomy to really redefine where I want to go,” she explained. “I don’t know what it looks like or where it is, but I’m just excited to live in it.”
Moore is the mother of three daughters – Rumer (36), Scout (33) and Tallulah (30) – with ex-husband Bruce Willis.
Speaking to PEOPLE about her latest body horror satire at TIFF 2024, the actress revealed that her daughters hadn’t seen it yet and wanted them to see it “with a big audience at the premiere.”
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“It would be more exciting and more fun,” Moore said. “I mean, they’ve seen the announcements, but they’re super excited.”
Substancewhich took home the award for best screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival in May, stars Moore opposite Margaret Qualley and tackles themes such as body image, societal expectations of women and aging. Substance arrives in theaters on September 20.
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