Mark Ruffalo Net Worth

Mark Ruffalo's Quotes

• With indies, all they have is their script and it's very important to them. The characters are better drawn, the stories more precise and the experience greater than with studio films where sometimes they fill in the script as they're shooting.
• For some reason, my whole life has been, 'You can't do this, you can't do that.' The other day I was watching these kids crossing the road, and they have these crossing guards, kids who help other kids across the road. They would never let me be a crossing guard when I was a little kid . It would come up, I'd always raise my hand, I would never get picked . They thought I was too wild, but I knew I was responsible enough, if I was given that task.
• The true value of somebody in this town [Hollywood] is very hard to determine. It's all smoke and mirrors.
• The whole experience of getting close to mortality changed my perspective on work. I wasn't enjoying acting before: I felt like I wasn't in charge of my career. I wasn't doing things that made me feel good. I was really bitter, I thought I deserved more, and I wasn't grateful for all the great shit that had happened to me. If you're not grateful, then it's very easy to be an asshole. After the brain tumor happened, I realized I love acting, I've always loved it, I may never get a chance to do it again.
• Certainly, it's very easy to fall in love with cash. If you're going to make all your decisions based on cash, you're going to have a pretty naffy career.

Interesting Facts about Mark Ruffalo

1. He was set to appear in Signs (2002) but had to drop out when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. His part in Signs (2002) went to Joaquin Phoenix. The brain tumor Mark was diagnosed with was found to be benign. Following brain surgery, he has fully recovered after suffering from a partial facial paralysis.
2. Father was a construction painter and mother a hairstylist. His three siblings (Scott Ruffalo, Tania, and Nicole) are all hairdressers.
3. Studied at the Stella Adler Conservatory in Los Angeles.
4. Bartended for nearly a decade while trying to break in to show business.
5. In an interview with Moviemaker magazine, he claims to have made 800 auditions in his lifetime before making it big.
6. Attended First Colonial High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
7. Benicio Del Toro was a fellow student at the Stella Adler drama school in Los Angeles.
8. His father is of Italian descent. His maternal grandfather was of French-Canadian ancestry, and his maternal grandmother was also of Italian descent.
9. Was in attendance at Chris Penn's funeral.
10. Was a close friend of Heath Ledger. He is also friends with Gael García Bernal.
11. He was supposed to play the part of "Perry Smith" in Infamous (2006) but had other engagements and so recommended Daniel Craig, who then went on to get the job.
12. His brother, Scott Ruffalo, died December 8, 2008, after being found outside his Beverly Hills home after a gunshot wound to the head. He was a 39-year-old hairdresser and was married to Luzelena. His body was cremated.
13. While appearing in the drama "Awake and Sing!", he was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actor in a Drama.
14. Sold his three-bedroom, 2,957-square-foot house in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills for $1,650,000. He bought the property in 2004 for the same price for which he later sold it. [2009]
15. Sold his L.A. home in 2009 and moved his family to Callicoon, New York.
16. He was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor (more specifically, an acoustic neuroma) in 2002; he subsequently had it removed and is in good health.
17. Like his predecessor and friend Edward Norton, he was a fan of the "Incredible Hulk" comics and TV series before playing the title character.
18. For his environmental advocacy, Mark Ruffalo received a Global Green Millennium Award and a Meera Gandhi Giving Back Foundation Award. Also chosen as one of the "People Who Mattered" in 2011 by Time magazine.
19. His uncredited cameo as a snoozing Dr. Banner in Iron Man Three (2013) makes him only the second actor - the first was Bill Bixby - to play the role twice.
20. Lives in ultra trendy Los Angeles neighborhood, Los Feliz. Giovanni Ribisi, Bo Barrett, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Pine, Ryan Reynolds, Brad Pitt, Kristen Stewart, Michael Cera, Hannah Telle and Robert Pattinson are among the other actors who also call Los Feliz home.