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Demi Moore Admits She Used to 'Torture' Her Body With 'Crazy' Workouts: 'I Was Really Just Punishing Myself'

Demi Moore, who gave the performance of her career in 'The Substance', admits she used to "torture" her body with "crazy" workouts: "I was really just punishing myself."

The Substance star, 62, who graces the cover of PEOPLE's World's Most Beautiful issue, has long been vocal about the rigorous diet and exercise regimens she maintained for trailblazing roles in films like 1996's Striptease and G.I. "I mean, crazy things [with] diet and exercise, biking from Malibu and going all the way to Paramount about 26 miles," she recalls in this week's cover story. Jane demanded more physical strength, her role FBI secretary-turned-stripper in the 1996 film Striptease was empowering mentally (and gave her a record-breaking salary at the time of $12.5 million).

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