He went to drama school to overcome his stutter and became one of the world’s biggest movie stars. Now, he’s stepping away from acting due to a condition affecting his cognitive abilities …
This is the story of Bruce Willis.
This is the story of Bruce Willis.
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00:00I think the sexiness comes from not trying to be sexy.
00:03I think coolness comes from ignoring the concept of coolness.
00:07It's so much harder to do comedy, and at the same time much more fun to do comedy,
00:34than it is to run down the street with a gun in my hand screaming.
00:59I realized that when I was on stage, my stutter disappeared.
01:04Of course, I couldn't be on stage my whole life, and my stutter continued until I was in school at Montclair State College.
01:28As soon as the world finds out he's got a pulse, he's going to make one hell of a suspect.
01:31And that makes us accessories. Accessories to murder.
01:34Unless we pick up the phone right now and call the police.
01:36Accessories?
01:37Accessories. Batteries not included. Action figures sold separately.
01:54It takes some pride in the fact that I have a job that can entertain people from time to time.
02:24If you're watching, Mr. Seagram, I want to thank you for bringing us Seagram's Golden Wine Cooler.
02:54I see dead people.
03:18Sometimes you feel it inside, like you're falling down real fast.
03:22Do you ever feel the prickly things on the back of your neck?
03:25Yes.
03:26That's them.
03:27Being the scientist that I am, I just think that it was just a really brilliant script.
03:35And he could have gotten anybody to do the film.
03:39He could have gotten any group of actors.
03:41And I feel very fortunate that I was asked to be included in the cast.
03:53You are a man.
03:57Still got it.
04:02It's more rewarding if you can make people laugh.
04:10And personally, it takes some pride in the fact that I have a job that can entertain people from time to time.
04:22Here to support the American and allied troops over here.
04:44Not that many people come over here.
04:49I wanted to come over and see what was going on and just lend my support.
04:58You know, yeah, we used to be on the same team together.
05:01I had to remember a lot of lines.
05:03No, I'm just making it up.
05:05It was great.
05:06It was really fun.
05:07It was just fun and exciting.
05:09And great to hang with my friends and act with them.
05:21Do you think the day will come when John McClane will hang up his boots and will pass the reins of the franchise onto the young boy?
05:28Maybe not.
05:29Maybe I'll just live to be a thousand years old.
05:39I'm going to be working until it's just a bag of bones and I'll talk like this.
06:08I'm rolling.
06:10And I'll just do one little thing.
06:13I'll fire one last bullet is what I'll do and that will be the end of it.
06:19Die hard 212.