we are what the future is for women the actress said in a new interview Dei Moore is more confident in her own skin than ever at' 61 while speaking on The Today Show on Monday September 9th the actress discussed her new movie the substance which had its North American premiere on Thursday September 5th at the Toronto International Film Festival in the film Moore plays a celebrity named Elizabeth Sparkle who tries a black market drug to create a younger version of herself that new version of the character Sue is played by Margaret qualiy despite wanting to be younger in the movie Mo couldn't be happier in real life we are what the future is for women and I look at having my daughters and I don't want it to ever be in their minds that there is an end she told today Co Anka Savannah Guthrie and Hoda cby to me this is the most exciting time of my life it is I feel like my children are grown I have the most dependence and autonomy to really redefine where I want to go the mom of three added insisting I don't know what that looks like or where it is but I'm just excited to be living in it the topic of Aging has understandably come up in multiple interviews while Mo has been promoting her latest flick which had its World premiere at the can film festival back in May while speaking to Variety in an interview published on September 3rd the star spoke about whether filming the movie had changed how she felt about getting older it's not hugely different before and after but it gave me a greater appreciation for myself as I am more told the outlet one of the biggest themes of my career is challenging preconceived ideas and limitations I'm at a point where I'm writing my own story as opposed to my story being dictated to me based on my age who says somebody can't look a certain way or do certain things your 60s is not what your 60s used to be there's a part of me that's enjoying figuring it out as I go along she said I had more challenges particularly in my career in my 40s than I do now at that time no one quite knew what to do with me I wasn't 30 but I wasn't 40 in a way that people could comfortably identify me as a mother Etc there was no place for me the actress added while talking with with michelo for an interview magazine conversation published on August 27th Mo said she was moved when she read the movie's script because it was such a unique way to be exploring this isue of Aging of societal conditioning of what I also see as the pressure of the male idealized woman that we as women have bought into