Demi Moore is not perfect – and that’s okay with her.

The feud Actress, 61, opened up diversity in a new interview published on September 3, about a casual remark made by a stranger years ago that actually helped her accept her imperfections and her aging body.

During her interview, Moore received a text message from her stylist Brad Goreski containing some photos of her. According to a comment in the interview, Moore is “tense.”

“I’m not perfect,” she tells the outlet. “Sometimes I look at a photo and think, ‘I look old’ or something. But I’ve learned to deal with it.”

The question of how she learned to cope was based on a comment made to her by someone she didn’t even know.

“It’s about capturing the feeling in the moment and then pivoting,” she says. “A stranger once said something to me a long time ago that has stuck with me ever since. She said, ‘You will never be enough.'”

And while that may sound harsh, Moore took it quite differently – in a way that helped her accept herself and be truly confident.

“She said, ‘You’ll never be enough, but you’ll know your worth once you put down the standards.'”

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Moore also stressed that she does not let her age stop her from applying for the roles she wants or pursuing the career she is interested in – because age is nothing more than a construct, she said.

“One of the biggest themes of my career is challenging preconceived notions and limitations,” she told the outlet. “I’m at a point where I’m writing my own story rather than having it dictated to me based on my age. Who says someone can’t look a certain way or do certain things? The ’60s aren’t what the ’60s used to be. Part of me enjoys figuring it out as I go along.”

Moore’s discussion of aging is advertising for her upcoming film The substance In the film, she plays a celebrity looking for a way to prolong her youth. Known for her aerobics show, she turns 50 and loses pretty much everything – because she’s “old.” It was an idea Moore had to grapple with, and she told the outlet that a lot of it hinged on the “male perspective of the idealized woman.”

“It’s not about what is done to us; it’s about what we do to ourselves.”

The substance will be released on September 18th.