American actress Demi Moore has won a Golden Globe for the first time.
For her role in “The Substance,” Moore took up the award for best female actor in a musical or comedy on Sunday.
“I honestly didn’t anticipate that.” As Moore took the stage, she remarked, “I’m just in shock right now.” “This is the first time I’ve ever won anything as an actor, and I’ve been doing this for a long time—like over 45 years—and I’m just so humbled and grateful.”
Moore, 62, remembered a conversation she had with a film producer some thirty years prior, during which the producer referred to her as a “popcorn actress.”
Regarding her victory, she stated, “At that time, I made that mean that this wasn’t something that I was allowed to have.” And I believed it, and that eroded me over time to the point that, a few years ago, I considered this to be it. Perhaps I was whole, perhaps I had fulfilled my purpose.
She claimed that during “this low point” in her life, the idea for “The Substance” struck her.
Moore went on, “(Then) I had this magical, bold, courageous, unconventional, completely crazy script called ‘The Substance,’ and the universe told me that you’re not done.”
Moore’s family and friends posted a video of their jubilant response to her victory on Instagram with the caption, “She did it!”
Written and directed by Frenchwoman Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance” is a feminist fable that serves as a sobering cautionary tale about the dangers of heedlessly pursuing youth.
Moore remarked of the film, “I’ll just leave you with one thing that I think this movie is imparting.” I once heard a woman tell me, “Just know, you will never be enough, but you can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick.” This is what happens when we feel that we’re not clever enough, pretty enough, slender enough, successful enough, or simply not enough.
