Gerard Butler Net Worth

Gerard Butler's Quotes

• On his new acting career: "[During] some of the most miserable periods of my life, people thought I was very happy. And now that I'm actually happier, I don't have to show it. I'm more comfortable with myself."
• In Scotland I'm just like a lot of other guys, but in America I'm seen as a very strong, masculine guy.
• You've got to move on and it's a shame because there's a part of you that thinks, 'I was so attached to that movie and its success and what it meant to me.' There's a part of you that wants to pull that off again. I heard some backroom chatter about another 300 (2006) movie. I don't know if it would be a sequel or a prequel but I haven't read anything. I can't see it myself, the idea in general. I'm not sure which way they would go with that. When Russell Crowe did Gladiator (2000), he didn't come back and do another one. Like mine, his character died.
• On solitude: I love to spend a lot of time on my own. I can seriously go into my own head and often love to let myself travel where I don't know where I'm going. I always felt that that was his kind of form of escape, in a way.
• On acting: Just make them feel something, because I think so many of us, including myself, spend too much time not feeling enough, you know?

Interesting Facts about Gerard Butler

1. He is Scottish, but is of partial Irish ancestry. He has also mentioned that, because of this, his family does not have a tartan.
2. First stage role was in Coriolanus. Poked in the eye with a wooden stake during rehearsals for the play. Later he played Tullus Aufidius in the Coriolanus (2011) film.
3. On the first day of shooting his film debut in Mrs Brown (1997), he had to run naked into a freezing sea and, as a result, developed hypothermia. Later during the filming, he saved a young boy from drowning in the river Tay and received a Certificate Of Bravery from The Royal Humane Society.
4. Graduated from Glasgow University with a law degree
5. Did not see his father from the age of 2 until he turned 16.
6. Was once rumored to be the next James Bond (after Pierce Brosnan). [April 2001]
7. Was confirmed for a role in Mindhunters (2004), but chose to drop out of it because of his prior commitment to Timeline (2003). The filming schedules of the two films overlapped. Jonny Lee Miller with whom Butler co-starred in Dracula 2001 (2000) stepped in to take his Mindhunter role.
8. Was a presenter at the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards with fellow Scotsman Billy Boyd.
9. Was at one time the lead singer for a Scottish rock band named Speed, although music eventually became his second love after acting.
10. Has done five films in which his character's name is in the title: Dracula 2001 (2000), Attila the Hun (2001), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Beowulf & Grendel (2005), and Burns (2006).
11. Cried while talking about the Phantom's loneliness to The Phantom of the Opera (2004) director Joel Schumacher.
12. Had the rock-and-roll voice that Andrew Lloyd Webber always wanted to hear as the Phantom.
13. Jokes about preferring the mask side of his face to the regular side of his face.
14. Sang in a rock band whilst training to be a lawyer.
15. He has quickly gained a reputation as one of the nicest actors around, as he always takes time to socialize with fans and hangs out with crew members as much as co-stars on film sets.
16. When he auditioned for the role of "Aslan the Lion" in the Walden Media/Disney production of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), he asked, "This isn't going to be like the BBC puppet Aslan, right? Because, if so, I'm leaving right now".
17. He has a legal degree from Glasgow University, but gave up on that career after being fired from a law firm just one week before he was qualified to practice law.
18. Was chosen as the most attractive man of 2005 by Hello! Magazine
19. Prefers to be called Gerry. He does this because he notices that many people (especially Americans) struggle with pronouncing "Gerard".
20. Divides his time between Los Angeles, Malibu, and New York.