Cannes Film Festival jury member Demi Moore has spoken out about the importance of being able to express political opinions without pushback. Asked if she has concerns about political statements being detrimental to the films she’s talking about at the festival Moore said, “I would hope not. I think part of art is about expression, so if we start censoring ourselves then I think we shut down the very core of our creativity which is I think where we can discover truth and answers.” Moore was speaking at the jury press conference on Day 1 of the Cannes Film Festival , in the wake of 2017 jury president Pedro Almodóvar’s recent comments regarding the state of democracy and free speech in the U.S. Almodóvar, who is at Cannes this year with his film Bitter Christmas , told the LA Times this week, “People are obviously very frightened. The U.S. is not a democracy right now. Some people say it’s maybe an imperfect democracy, but I really don’t think the U.S.…