We sit at her favourite table, tucked away in a corner by the window, and Moore orders mixed berries with fresh cream, followed by an egg-white omelet. She turns off her mobile phone. No topic is off limits; our conversation ranges from film to family - and her refreshingly positive philosophy on ageing. "If you're 50, you're never going to be 50 ever again, so enjoy being 50," she says with no attempt to lower her voice. This is a woman happy to be her age and not afraid to let people know it. "If you sit through the year wishing you were younger, before you know it, it's going to be over and you're going to be 51."
In fact, Moore looks younger than 50, but she doesn't have that ubiquitous frozen Botox look. "No, I haven't had anything done. See, I have lines right here," she says, pointing to faint creases around her eyes and mouth." Moore puts down her fork, pausing to twist her hair into a bun, then traces her chin with her fingers. "There are things about my face that I'm not crazy about, but you are who you are. It seems like everybody has done work; I see a lot of it, but I don't think it looks any better - you're not going to suddenly look 25.
"I've always been somebody who's acutely aware of my mortality. You never know when it's all going to be over - and it will be someday. Being middle-aged [she uses the expression emphatically] is about realising that you've lived most of your life; you don't have as much time in front of you as you have behind you." Keep Reading at Smh
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