Demi Moore gave a moving acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, expressing gratitude for finally feeling recognized by the industry after years of hard work.
The iconic actor took to the stage to accept the award for Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical/Comedy) for her lead role in the body horror film. material. This was also a competitive category, with Moore beating Amy Adams (night bitch), Cynthia Erivo (evil), Carla Sofia Gascón (Emilia Perez), Mikey Madison (anora) and Zendaya (challengers).
Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley perform ‘The Substance’ at Golden Globe Awards
“I’m just in shock right now,” Moore said. “I’ve been doing this for over 45 years, and this is the first time I’ve won anything as an actor.”
While Moore’s claim is not strictly true, her list of awards is decidedly small. actor’s performance in ghost She won the Saturn Award for Best Actress in 1991. Indiana Film Journalists Association won the Best Lead Performance Award for material End of last year. she was one of them margin callThe ensemble won the 2012 Independent Spirit Award.
Still, tonight’s Golden Globes mark the first major solo win of Moore’s acting career.
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“Thirty years ago, a producer told me I was a ‘popcorn actress,’ and at that time I took it to mean that that was not acceptable,” Moore said through tears. “To make a successful movie and make a lot of money and not get any recognition. And I accepted that and believed it.
“And it started to eat away at me over time, to the point where a few years ago I thought maybe this was it. Maybe I was done. I did what I had to do. It might have been.”
Ms Moore said she was at “rock bottom” when she was presented with: material‘s screenplay, “And the universe told me, ‘It’s not over yet.'”
“These are the moments when we think we’re not smart enough, beautiful enough, thin enough, successful enough, or just basically not good enough,” Moore said. “A woman once said to me, ‘Understand, you’ll never be enough, but you just have to put down a measuring stick and you’ll know your worth.’
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