Does Demi Moore Know Lines From Her Most Famous Movies?

Variety

Icon Demi Moore guesses lines from her biggest projects, such as 'G.I. Jane,' 'Charlie's Angels,' and 'Ghost,' and reveals the reason she almost wasn't cast in 'A Few Good Men.'

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00:00I know this one, but I don't.

00:03Are these the curveballs?

00:04I never said this.

00:08But I sliced his throat.

00:16Okay.

00:18All right.

00:21The dress is for sale.

00:22I'm not.

00:24Indecent proposal.

00:25Okay, that one was easy.

00:28The dress is for sale.

00:29I'm not.

00:31I think I've always been attracted to things that are thought-provoking.

00:36So provocative, but in a way that really brings forward kind of a deeper exploration

00:42of the question of the circumstance or whatever might be considered a limitation or a judgment.

00:50And so this hit on quite a few cylinders,

00:54like that question of our value as a person having a price.

00:59And also the question of physical intimacy being a betrayal in a relationship and the effects of it.

01:08Okay.

01:10Oh, wow.

01:11Why be an angel when I can play God?

01:16Why be an angel when I can play God?

01:18I never said this.

01:20Was it we're no angels?

01:22No.

01:22What is it?

01:23Literally, why be an angel when I can play God?

01:26Do I need to dig deep into my archives here?

01:29Okay, so Charlie's Angels.

01:32Why be an angel when I can play God?

01:35I really said that?

01:36Why be an angel when I can play God?

01:38McG, the director, called me and said,

01:43hey, how would you feel about doing a scene in a bikini and starting two weeks early?

01:52So there was no time to think or prepare.

01:56And maybe that was a good thing.

01:58I didn't overthink it.

02:03Sometimes some of the juiciest roles are the villains.

02:06It wasn't something that I had really explored before.

02:10And I had to really look at that part of me that

02:15had fear around being seen in that way in my personal life.

02:20It was, once again, something that really pushed me out of my comfort zone.

02:24And in the end, I feel like I had a lot of fun with it.

02:28But it was not comfortable at all for me.

02:32All right.

02:34I was wondering if this one was gonna be in there.

02:37Okay, Suck My Dick.

02:40That indeed is G.I. Jane.

02:44Suck my dick!

02:45A classic line.

02:48When my then four-and-a-half-year-old saw it,

02:52I had kind of forgotten about the line.

02:54And when she saw the film, she's now 30.

02:58But at that time, she was four-and-a-half when we were watching the film.

03:02And she said, oh, my favorite line was suck my dick.

03:07Anyway, we did a two-week modified SEAL training.

03:10And it was me and 40 guys.

03:12And it was hardcore.

03:14They never called me by my real name, always by the character name.

03:18They did a lot of sneaky things to really bring the reality of what the experience was.

03:25I mean, they set me up to be a little late,

03:27then called me up in front of everybody.

03:29That's why you do it.

03:31Next one.

03:32Okay.

03:34Oh, gosh.

03:35Well, ditto.

03:36We know that one is pretty easy.

03:39That one is, dare I say, it has an iconic resonance from Ghost.

03:48I've always loved you.

03:50Ditto.

03:52You know, the beautiful thing is that this film stepped into the world of the afterlife

03:58and really bringing forward the awareness that a lot of people hadn't explored for themselves

04:07that it doesn't end when the physical body has come to completion.

04:12That in fact, those people that we might lose are still with us.

04:17And so for me, the really meaningful part is having people come up who they still do,

04:24saying how much it helped them through a loss,

04:26how much it gave them a sense of hope and connection.

04:31And that I feel like is the greatest gift we could have ever given.

04:35This film on paper reminded me in some ways of the substance, not in terms of the story,

04:42but on paper, it looked like this could either really be amazing or it could be an absolute

04:47disaster.

04:48In the substance, there's a tremendous amount of vulnerability and rawness that's required.

04:53And so sometimes I think it's being uncomfortable that serves to make you comfortable.

05:02All right.

05:05Pumpkin, have you ever seen me dance?

05:09So this is striptease.

05:11Yeah?

05:12Yes.

05:14Pumpkin, have you ever seen me dance?

05:16Rumor was seven when we did the movie.

05:19And when she heard me on the phone discussing this project that I was going to be doing

05:24and that I was playing a mother who had, you know, a seven-year-old daughter,

05:29she approached us and said, I really want to do that.

05:33And so I went through the whole process of her auditioning, which was so nerve wracking

05:41because I didn't want them to just think because I was playing the lead that they needed

05:46to give it to her that we should do it appropriately.

05:49It was great to have her there.

05:51She never wanted to have lunch with me.

05:52She only wanted to ever have lunch with Pandora.

05:56That was her lunch mate.

05:59Okay.

05:59Oops, I didn't throw that one very well.

06:02Okay.

06:04You want to put me on trial here?

06:07Let's at least be honest about what it's for.

06:10I'm a sexually aggressive woman.

06:12I like it.

06:14This must be disclosure.

06:17Ding!

06:19Okay, I did better.

06:20I'm doing better than I thought.

06:21Are there more?

06:22Holy smokes.

06:23You want to put me on trial here?

06:24Let's at least be honest about what it's for.

06:27I am a sexually aggressive woman.

06:28I like it.

06:29On this film, I stepped in having just had a baby, starting this movie when my youngest

06:36daughter was a month old because Annette Bening, who I am a great fan of, had become pregnant

06:43and was unable to do the film.

06:45And so I was really juggling a lot.

06:48And talk about uncomfortable.

06:50Like this is a film I feel like I could do now and do much better.

06:56I thought I was terrified.

06:58I was terrified doing this movie.

07:01I guess this was my first villain role in a way.

07:04So I was terrified.

07:09I wonder if existence as a woman is worthwhile at all.

07:14What?

07:17I wonder if existence as a woman is...

07:20Did I?

07:20Where did I say this?

07:23I wonder if existence...

07:26Okay, is this about last night?

07:28No.

07:28What?

07:30Do I need...

07:30How do...

07:31I literally have no idea.

07:35I wonder if existence as a woman is worthwhile at all.

07:40Could it...

07:40So if I'm going further back than that, St. Elmo's Fire?

07:44No.

07:44I literally don't have a clue.

07:48I almost said, is this from the substance?

07:51If you really think about it, it actually could have fit in there as well.

07:57I wonder if existence as a woman is worthwhile at all.

08:01The costumes were spectacular.

08:04That's the wonderful thing.

08:05Wardrobe can completely transport you.

08:09And not just for period films, but even in contemporary.

08:15Because as soon as you put that on, it helps you to create the body.

08:20I, you know, I felt that way in Feud also.

08:23Like where, you know, we put the wig on and the clothes.

08:26But this was very special.

08:30Okay.

08:32You've got to learn to control your temper.

08:34It's not good how you fly off the handle.

08:42Are these the curveballs?

08:44You've got to learn to control your temper.

08:46Let me meditate on this.

08:51It's not A Few Good Men, is it?

08:53No.

08:54I don't, I seriously, gosh, is that bad?

08:58Am I doing, am I doing okay in comparison?

09:01I got, I have no, I literally have no idea.

09:03Oh, is it Mortal Thoughts?

09:06Oh, okay.

09:08You know, you've got to learn to control your temper.

09:10It's not good how you fly off the handle.

09:12Whoa, whoa, whoa.

09:13Ain't like I just fly off the handle for no good reason.

09:16It was so interesting because obviously we weren't playing a married couple

09:21and his character was so scary.

09:24He was a jerk in that movie.

09:26God, he was a jerk.

09:28But I sliced his throat.

09:33I'm sorry I lost your set of steak knives.

09:36Okay, I know this one.

09:38Is this about last night?

09:39No.

09:39I'm sorry I lost your set of steak knives.

09:41I know this one.

09:44But I don't.

09:46I've lost your set of steak knives.

09:50Oh, A Few Good Men.

09:52Yeah.

09:55I'm sorry I lost your set of steak knives.

09:59If you go back and you look at how many actors are in this film,

10:04actors who went on to have big careers,

10:07what stands out is the incredible material we were working with.

10:11Also that Aaron Sorkin and Rob Reiner really stuck to their guns

10:16about not making the relationship between Tom's character and my character

10:22have a romantic involvement.

10:23That they kept it platonic and it was a fight.

10:27Aaron Sorkin shared that he had a conversation with a studio executive

10:33whose response to us not having something romantic was,

10:37then why was I cast?

10:39That's a true story.

10:40You can go look it up.

10:41Aaron Sorkin quote.

10:43Here we go.

10:44You break my heart.

10:46Then again, you break everyone's heart.

10:49Okay, I know this one too.

10:55And I remember myself, what was the movie?

10:59You break my heart.

11:00Then again, you break everyone's heart.

11:05It's terrible that I can feel it,

11:07remember it, but not know which one it is.

11:10Is this St. Elmo's?

11:12Yeah, okay.

11:14You break my heart.

11:20Then again, you break everyone's heart.

11:22The Brad Pack was a moniker that seemed to be surrounded

11:28a particular group of young actors at that time,

11:31of which, and Anne came out of St. Elmo's fire.

11:36In particular, although it then stretched over to include Molly Ringwald and a few others.

11:44And I highly encourage everyone to go and watch the documentary.

11:47Brad, it's really good.

11:49It explains everything.

11:50The advice I would give my younger self is rejoice in making mistakes.

12:00That it's okay to make mistakes.

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