Demi Moore is opening up about how her approach to beauty has changed over the years. For Moore’s Glamour Global Women of the Year cover story, the actor chatted with Margaret Qualley, her costar from The Substance, about everything from her impassioned Golden Globes speech to the story behind her signature long dark hair. Throughout awards season, Moore delivered stunning red-carpet looks, accompanied by her flowing waves that stayed perfectly styled, shiny, and enviable.
We’re not the only ones who noticed: During the interview, Qualley decided to ask Moore how she got such long, beautiful hair—and the answer will probably resonate with plenty of women.
Moore explained that she initially grew out her hair after starring in the 1997 action movie G.I. Jane, for which she had to shave her whole head. Although that experience was “very powerful,” Moore decided to let her hair do its thing once it came back.
“It also kind of coincided with stepping back from work to be with my kids. I just started to let my hair grow,” Moore said. “And I think probably because I’m also lazy and I don’t like to sit in the chair or have to go and get it done a lot.”
Demi Moore went on to reference the pressure some women can feel to cut their hair as they age and how she wanted to challenge that idea. “[We often hear] that as women get older, they shouldn’t have long hair,” Moore said. “And for some reason, to me, I didn’t buy it. I didn’t believe it, and it didn’t make sense to me why that had to be the case. And I did notice, particularly women who were going through menopause, that they were…I was looking around and seeing they all were kind of cutting their hair in a very almost masculine way, just desexualizing themselves. And so I think there was a combination of this attachment to it too. I don’t know. Sometimes I think I’ve just willed it.”
Moore has always been vocal against putting women in a box. Commenting on her viral Golden Globes speech, in which she spoke about being labeled a “popcorn actress,” Moore told Qualley: “Why I think it resonated is that it’s about the idea of giving our power away. That idea that you will never be enough, but that you can know the value of your worth if you put down the measuring stick. I didn’t actually prepare the speech at all. I didn’t even think I was going to win. I had thought about that idea of that story, and I had thought about that idea that I had believed that I was somebody that didn’t get awards. That I could have success, but not that other kind, that I couldn’t be acknowledged."
Although the speech served as inspiration for many, Moore insists she’s still evolving and learning things from the women around her. “What I realized is that while I may be older and I’ve had more chronological time on this earth, the thing I always look to remember is that I’m still the student,” she told Qualley. “And there’s so much I learned just through my experience of working with you and seeing how you approach things, how you held things, the value you held for yourself and your encouragement of me. That to me is the heart of what true sisterhood is, which is the [Women of the Year] theme this year. Knowing that I could call and ask you to do this and you would show up for me.”
Read the entire Demi Moore cover story here, our other Glamour Global Woman of the Year Tyla’s cover story here, and be sure to check back on October 27 for the rest of our 2025 Women of the Year.