Bruce Willis Net Worth

Bruce Willis's Quotes

• I'm much more proud of being a father than being an actor.
• You can't undo the past . . . but you can certainly not repeat it.
• I'm staggered by the question of what it's like to be a multimillionaire. I always have to remind myself that I am.
• [3/10/05 interview in "People" magazine, on how he stays in shape] Mostly weight resistance training, almost an hour of cardio at least three times a week. I have a gym in my house in Los Angeles and a gym trailer that I can take on the road with me when I'm on location. At my house there's a very long steep driveway. I do wind sprints that kick my 50-year-old ass. It's part of my job. I have come to associate working out as work. Whenever I don't have to do it for films, I kind of slack off.
• I am a sensitive guy. People think they know the real me, but they don't. And then they write things that make me sound like such a jerk.

Interesting Facts about Bruce Willis

1. His recording of "Respect Yourself" reached #5 in January 1987.
2. On 6/24/98 he and Demi Moore announced they were ending their marriage of 11 years. No reasons given.
3. In 10/97 he was ranked #22 in "Empire" (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
4. Born on a US military base in Germany. His mother, Marlene, was German, and was born in Kassel. His father, David Willis, was American-born, and had English and smaller amounts of Dutch, French, Irish and Welsh ancestry.
5. In 1996 he appeared on Late Show with David Letterman (1993) to advertise for Demi Moore's Striptease (1996) by doing his own undressing act.
6. As a young man his personality was very much like that of the character he played on Moonlighting (1985). He was always getting into trouble because of this and was bodily ejected from parties by the hosts for being obnoxious.
7. Has been very vocal in his support of almost every major Republican candidate in recent history except Bob Dole. He felt that presidential candidate Dole was out of line in his attacks on Demi Moore and her role in the movie Striptease (1996).
8. Was the first actor to ever "act" in a video game (Apocalypse (1998)). No one before had ever done voice-work along with having their likeness and movements digitally added to the game, as well as receiving prominent billing on the game's cover.
9. Has stated, in 1997, 2001 and 2013, that he will no longer be doing violent action or "save-the-world" movies.
10. Wears his watch upside down with the face on the inside of his wrist. This is also visible in many movies he has done (Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), Mercury Rising (1998), etc.) where they have not requested him to flip this over.
11. In May 1987 he was arrested after reportedly disturbing the peace and assaulting a police officer who was called to quiet a raucous party at his home. The charges were dropped after Willis agreed to apologize to his neighbors.
12. Acting helped him to overcome a debilitating childhood stutter. In an interview with "GQ" magazine in March 2013, he said, "I had a terrible stutter. But then I did some theater in high school and when I memorized words, I didn't stutter, which was just miraculous. That was the beginning of the gradual dispelling of my stutter. I thought I was handicapped. I couldn't talk at all. I still stutter around some people now".
13. In 2001, his younger brother, Robert Willis, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 42.
14. Attended Montclair State University in Montclair, NJ.
15. Set a new benchmark for actors' salaries when he was paid $5 million for Die Hard (1988) in 1988. Eight years later, his wife, Demi Moore, set a benchmark of $12 million with Striptease (1996).
16. (2/02) Named Man of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
17. Worked in a chemical factory before going to college.
18. Filled in as a last-minute host for David Letterman on February 26, 2003, a show he was supposed to be the guest for. This was Letterman's first "sick day" in 20 years (other than his time off for heart surgery).
19. Ranked #3 in Star TV's Top 10 Box Office Stars of the 1990s. [2003]
20. Divides his time between Malibu, California and Hailey, Idaho. In the latter, he and now ex-wife Demi Moore were criticized by locals for buying businesses in the town and not running them properly. He owns (after buying out Moore) the Mint Bar and the Liberty Theater. He also owns the old Hailey Drug Store, but the building has been vacant and unused since the early 1990s.