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&34;I was able to take something and contain it and direct it towards what I ended up doing for my career,&34; Moore said of advice she received from Marshall. Demi Moore thanks Happy Days creator Garry Marshall for how he 'completely changed' her life when she was 14 &34;I was able to take something and contain it and direct it towards what I ended up doing for my career,&34; Moore said of advice she received from Marshall. By Sharareh Drury on March 9, 2026 6:02 p.m. ET Leave a Comment :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/DemiMooreGarryMarshall030426081d14674e6b46f286bbb54de2afe660.
"I was able to take something and contain it and direct it towards what I ended up doing for my career," Moore said of advice she received from Marshall.
Demi Moore thanks *Happy Days *creator Garry Marshall for how he 'completely changed' her life when she was 14
"I was able to take something and contain it and direct it towards what I ended up doing for my career," Moore said of advice she received from Marshall.
By Sharareh Drury
on March 9, 2026 6:02 p.m. ET
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Demi Moore is looking back on the positive motivation she received in her teen years before her iconic career took off.
As part of her becoming the new Global Brand Ambassador for Kérastase, Moore recently joined a Power Talk panel at Kérastase's global Chronologiste launch, where she recalled a memorable conversation she had with late *Happy Days *creator Garry Marshall when she was just 14.
"I was living here in California and I was invited to go see a taping of the TV show* Happy Days*. And I was so excited to be there," she told Sara Foster during the panel on March 3, according to PEOPLE*.***** "The creator of that show was a man named Garry Marshall and I don't know what I was doing or what I was saying — and I did talk to him about this many years later — but he turned to me, and he said, 'If you could bottle that energy, you could do something with it,'" she shared.**
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Gary Marshall on the set of 'Pretty Woman.'. Everett Collection
Marshall might have been one of the earliest to spot Moore's talents, having some experience as a famed writer, director, and producer who created hit television series such as *Laverne & Shirley* and *Mork & Mindy* and later directing *Pretty Woman** *starring Julia Roberts.
*The Substance* actress said in that moment, Marshall "infused in me a level of, I don't want to say confidence, but a specificity of direction that I needed so desperately."
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Moore added, "I was able to take something and contain it and direct it towards what I ended up doing for my career."
Moore took to the screen just four years later, with her first film role in the 1981 drama *Choices*. Shortly after, she made her television breakthrough by joining the soap opera *General Hospital** *as reporter Jackie Templeton, which she played from 1982 to 1984. The Oscar nominee has since starred in a bevy of prolific productions, including *Ghost* opposite Patrick Swayze as well as* **A Few Good Men** *and* Indecent Proposal*.**
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Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in 'Ghost'.
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When Moore reconnected with the Hollywood legend years later, she let him know just how much of an impact he'd made on her life and career.
"I said to him many years later, 'You said this thing to me and it completely changed my life,'" Moore said during the panel. While Marshall didn't necessarily remember the conversation, Moore said the important thing is what she gained from his advice.
"Don't ever underestimate the impact you might have by giving of yourself to someone else," Moore said.
Marshall died on July 19, 2016 at the age of 81 due to complications from pneumonia after suffering a stroke.
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Published: March 11, 2026 at 06:00AM on Source: OPERA MAG
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