Demi Moore’s Golden Globes Speech

‘I celebrate this as a marker of my wholeness’: Demi Moore wins Best Actress at the 2025 Golden Globes

Demi Moore gave one of the most moving speeches of the night at the 2025 Golden Globes. The actor and star of one of the most talked about films of the year, “The Substance,” took home the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy, a jam-packed category that featured fellow Hollywood heavyweights like Mikey Madison, Cynthia Erivo, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Zendaya. During her acceptance speech, Moore addressed the magnitude of the moment for her and acknowledged how at one point in her career, she thought being recognized—let alone winning a Golden Globe—wouldn’t be something she’d ever achieve. “Thirty years ago, I had a producer tell me that I was a popcorn actress, and at that time, I made that mean that this wasn’t something that I was allowed to have,” Moore began her speech. “ that I could do movies that were successful and that made a lot of money but that I couldn’t be acknowledged, and I believed that. That corroded me over time, to the point where I thought a few years ago that maybe this was it, maybe I was complete, maybe I had already done what I was supposed to do.” She continued, “I was at kind of a low point and then I had this magical, bold, courageous, out-of-the-box, absolutely bonkers script come across my desk called ‘The Substance,’ and the universe told me that you’re not done. I am so grateful to Coralie for trusting me to step in and play.” The actor went on to remind the audience of the core message of the film. “I’ll just leave you with one thing that I think this movie is imparting—in those moments when we don’t think we’re smart enough or pretty enough or skinny enough or successful enough, or basically just not enough—I had a woman say to 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. So today I celebrate this as a marker of my wholeness and of the love that is driving me and for the gift of doing something I love and being reminded that I do belong.”

Demi Moore gave one of the most moving speeches of the night at the 2025 Golden Globes.

The actor and star of one of the most talked about films of the year, “The Substance,” took home the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy, a jam-packed category that featured fellow Hollywood heavyweights like Mikey Madison, Cynthia Erivo, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Zendaya.

During her acceptance speech, Moore addressed the magnitude of the moment for her and acknowledged how at one point in her career, she thought being recognized—let alone winning a Golden Globe—wouldn’t be something she’d ever achieve.

“Thirty years ago, I had a producer tell me that I was a popcorn actress, and at that time, I made that mean that this [award] wasn’t something that I was allowed to have,” Moore began her speech. “[It meant] that I could do movies that were successful and that made a lot of money but that I couldn’t be acknowledged, and I believed that. That corroded me over time, to the point where I thought a few years ago that maybe this was it, maybe I was complete, maybe I had already done what I was supposed to do.”

She continued, “I was at kind of a low point and then I had this magical, bold, courageous, out-of-the-box, absolutely bonkers script come across my desk called ‘The Substance,’ and the universe told me that you’re not done. I am so grateful to Coralie [Fargeat] for trusting me to step in and play.” The actor went on to remind the audience of the core message of the film.

“I’ll just leave you with one thing that I think this movie is imparting—in those moments when we don’t think we’re smart enough or pretty enough or skinny enough or successful enough, or basically just not enough—I had a woman say to 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. So today I celebrate this as a marker of my wholeness and of the love that is driving me and for the gift of doing something I love and being reminded that I do belong.”

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