19 March 1955, Idar-Oberstein, West Germany
Birth Name
Walter Bruce Willis
Nickname
Bruno
Height
6' (1.83 m)
Mini Biography
Born in Germany to parents active on a US aggressive base, New Jersey aloft US amateur and artist able-bodied accepted for his blur appearances as astute arise or adamantine belted characters, generally in amazing activity films. Collectively, he has appeared in films that accept grossed in balance of $2.5 billion USD agreement him in the top ten stars in agreement of box appointment receipts. The adolescent Willis best up an absorption for the affecting arts in aerial school, and was allegedly "discovered" whilst alive in a café in NYC and again appeared in a brace of off-Broadway productions.
After endless auditions, Willis contributed accessory blur appearances, usually uncredited, afore landing the role of clandestine eye "David Addison" alongside baking Cybill Shepherd in the hit adventurous ball TV alternation "Moonlighting" (1985). The alternation durably accustomed Bruce Willis as a hot new talent, and his acerb & astute arise PI was in aftereffect a dry run for the role of adamantine boiled, NYC detective "John McClane" in the monster hit of 1988, Die Adamantine (1988). This alluringly paced activity blur counterbalanced breviloquent amusement and broad abolition as Willis' appearance distinct handedly battles a assemblage of adamant all-embracing thieves in a Los Angeles skyscraper. Willis reprized the role of boxy guy cop "John McClane" in the agilely advancing aftereffect Die Adamantine 2 (1990) set at snow apprenticed Washington's Dulles All-embracing Airport as a accumulation of apostate Special Forces soldiers seek to repatriate a base South American general. Excellent box appointment allotment accepted a added aftereffect Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) this time additionally starring Samuel L. Jackson as a contemptuous Harlem boutique buyer accidentally advance into acceptable McClane during a agitator bombing attack on a airless day in NYC.
Willis begin time out from all the activity commotion to accommodate the articulation of "Mikey" the babyish in the actual accepted ancestors comedies Look Who's Talking (1989), and its aftereffect Look Who's Talking Too (1990) additionally starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley. Over the abutting decade, Willis starred in some actual acknowledged films, some actual offbeat films and some adverse box appointment flops. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) and Hudson Hawk (1991) were both ample calibration banking disasters that were savaged by the critics, and both are arguably best larboard off the CVs of all the actors involved, about Willis was still accepted with cine audiences and affairs affluence of theatre tickets with the aggressive agitated The Last Boy Scout (1991), the darkly humored Death Becomes Her (1992) and the characterless badge abstruseness Striking Distance (1993). During the 1990s, Willis additionally appeared in several absolute and low account productions that won him new admirers and acclaim from the critics for his arresting performances alive with some actual assorted blur directors. He appeared in the abnormally ambrosial North (1994), as a active award-winning fighter in the Quentin Tarantino directed mega-hit Pulp Fiction (1994), the Terry Gilliam directed apocalyptic abstruseness Twelve Monkeys (1995), the Luc Besson directed sci-fi composition The Fifth Element (1997) and the M. Night Shyamalan directed back amazing ballsy The Sixth Sense (1999).
Willis abutting starred in the bandit ball _Whole Nine Yards, The (2000)_qv), formed afresh with "hot" administrator M. Night Shyamalan in the beneath arresting Unbreakable (2000), and in two aggressive dramas, Hart's War (2002) and _Tears of the Sun (2003)_qv) that both bootless to absolutely blaze with cine audiences or critics alike. However, Willis bounced aback into the spotlight in the alarmingly acclaimed Frank Miller clear atypical angry cine Sin City (2005), the articulation of "RJ" the artful raccoon in the activated hit Over the Hedge (2006) and "Die Hard" admirers animated to see "John McClane" acknowledgment to the big awning in the aerial tech Live Free or Die Hard (2007) aka "Die Hard 4.0".
Willis was affiliated to extra Demi Moore for about thirteen years and they allotment aegis to their three children.
After endless auditions, Willis contributed accessory blur appearances, usually uncredited, afore landing the role of clandestine eye "David Addison" alongside baking Cybill Shepherd in the hit adventurous ball TV alternation "Moonlighting" (1985). The alternation durably accustomed Bruce Willis as a hot new talent, and his acerb & astute arise PI was in aftereffect a dry run for the role of adamantine boiled, NYC detective "John McClane" in the monster hit of 1988, Die Adamantine (1988). This alluringly paced activity blur counterbalanced breviloquent amusement and broad abolition as Willis' appearance distinct handedly battles a assemblage of adamant all-embracing thieves in a Los Angeles skyscraper. Willis reprized the role of boxy guy cop "John McClane" in the agilely advancing aftereffect Die Adamantine 2 (1990) set at snow apprenticed Washington's Dulles All-embracing Airport as a accumulation of apostate Special Forces soldiers seek to repatriate a base South American general. Excellent box appointment allotment accepted a added aftereffect Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) this time additionally starring Samuel L. Jackson as a contemptuous Harlem boutique buyer accidentally advance into acceptable McClane during a agitator bombing attack on a airless day in NYC.
Willis begin time out from all the activity commotion to accommodate the articulation of "Mikey" the babyish in the actual accepted ancestors comedies Look Who's Talking (1989), and its aftereffect Look Who's Talking Too (1990) additionally starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley. Over the abutting decade, Willis starred in some actual acknowledged films, some actual offbeat films and some adverse box appointment flops. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) and Hudson Hawk (1991) were both ample calibration banking disasters that were savaged by the critics, and both are arguably best larboard off the CVs of all the actors involved, about Willis was still accepted with cine audiences and affairs affluence of theatre tickets with the aggressive agitated The Last Boy Scout (1991), the darkly humored Death Becomes Her (1992) and the characterless badge abstruseness Striking Distance (1993). During the 1990s, Willis additionally appeared in several absolute and low account productions that won him new admirers and acclaim from the critics for his arresting performances alive with some actual assorted blur directors. He appeared in the abnormally ambrosial North (1994), as a active award-winning fighter in the Quentin Tarantino directed mega-hit Pulp Fiction (1994), the Terry Gilliam directed apocalyptic abstruseness Twelve Monkeys (1995), the Luc Besson directed sci-fi composition The Fifth Element (1997) and the M. Night Shyamalan directed back amazing ballsy The Sixth Sense (1999).
Willis abutting starred in the bandit ball _Whole Nine Yards, The (2000)_qv), formed afresh with "hot" administrator M. Night Shyamalan in the beneath arresting Unbreakable (2000), and in two aggressive dramas, Hart's War (2002) and _Tears of the Sun (2003)_qv) that both bootless to absolutely blaze with cine audiences or critics alike. However, Willis bounced aback into the spotlight in the alarmingly acclaimed Frank Miller clear atypical angry cine Sin City (2005), the articulation of "RJ" the artful raccoon in the activated hit Over the Hedge (2006) and "Die Hard" admirers animated to see "John McClane" acknowledgment to the big awning in the aerial tech Live Free or Die Hard (2007) aka "Die Hard 4.0".
Willis was affiliated to extra Demi Moore for about thirteen years and they allotment aegis to their three children.
Spouse
Emma Heming | (21 March 2009 - present) |
Demi Moore | (21 November 1987 - 18 October 2000) (divorced) 3 children |
Trade Mark
Frequently plays a man who suffered a tragedy, had lost something or had a crisis of confidence or conscience.
Shaven head
Headlines action-adventures, often playing a cop, hitman or someone in the military.
Often plays men who get caught up in situations far beyond Their control
Sardonic one-liners
Frequently plays likeable wisecracking heroes with a moral centre
Trivia
Was high school student council president.
His recording of "Respect Yourself" reached #5 in January of 1987.
He and Demi Moore announce they are ending their marriage of 11 years. No reasons given. [24 June 1998]
Ranked #22 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Has three daughters with Demi Moore: Rumer Willis (b. August 16, 1988), Scout LaRue Willis (b. July 20, 1991) and Tallulah Belle Willis (b. February 3, 1994).
His mother Marlene was born in Kassel, Germany.
Appeared on "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) to advertise for Demi Moore's Striptease (1996) by doing his own undressing act. [1996]
As a young man his personality was very much like that of the character that he portrayed on "Moonlighting" (1985). He was always getting into trouble because of this and was bodily ejected from parties by the hosts for being obnoxious.
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 part in the movie Striptease (1996).
Was the first actor to ever "act" in a video game. No one before has ever done voice work along with having their movements digitally added to the game.
Stated he will no longer be doing violent action or "save-the-world" movies. [2001]
Wears his watch upside down with the face on the inside of his hand. This is also visible in many movies he's done (Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), Mercury Rising (1998), etc.) where they haven't requested him to flip it over.
Memorial Day weekend, 1987: 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.
According to friends, he had a terrible stammer as a child.
Younger brother Robert died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 42. [2001]
Was originally cast as Terry Benedict in Ocean's Eleven (2001) but dropped out.
Attended Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey.
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).
His ineptness as a waiter forced him to become a bartender.
Was named Man of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals. [February 2002]
Was born on a military base in Germany.
Was president of a drama club at school.
Worked in a chemical factory before going to college.
He filled in as a last-minute host for David Letterman on February 26, 2003, a show he was supposed to be the guest for. It was Letterman's first "sick day" in 20 years (other than his time off for heart surgery).
Ranked #3 in Star TV's Top 10 Box Office Stars of the 1990s (2003).
Lives in Hailey, Idaho, where he owns 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 90s.
The scar on his right shoulder is from surgery due to complications from a broken arm when he was 17.
Personally recommended Bonnie Bedelia for the role of his estranged wife in Die Hard (1988).
He is the hero of singer Nick Lachey.
He ad-libbed many of John McClane's one-liners in the "Die Hard" films.
Graduate of Penns Grove High School, Penns Grove, New Jersey. Class of 1973 who voted him "Most School Spirit."
Recommended Michael Clarke Duncan to comedy the allotment of John Coffey in The Green Mile (1999).20 October 2004 - Sued Revolution Studios for bearding amercement accompanying to a draft to his forehead that he accustomed during "ultrahazardous activity" complex in the filming of Tears of the Sun (2003). He claims that it has acquired him acute mental, concrete and affecting affliction and suffering.
Attended the Stella Adler Conservatory / Theatre affairs in New York City for three years.
Plays the harmonica.
France made him an officer in Order of Arts and Letters (April 2005). "France pays homage to an actor who represents the force of American cinema and the power of emotions that he invites us to share on screens throughout the world", Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres said. "I'm nervous. Bonjour Paris," he replied.
After dating Brooke Burns for ten months and finally being engaged to her they decided to split because of the difficulties with maintaining a long-distance relationship. (2 June 2004)
Was chosen to play "John McClane" in Die Hard (1988) because the producers felt he brought warmth and humor to an otherwise cold and humorless character. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone had turned down the role.
He has been special ambassador of his birth town Idar-Oberstein since his 50th birthday.
Was a guest at Demi Moore's and Ashton Kutcher's wedding.
Ten directors cast him at least twice in their films: Blake Edwards, Amy Heckerling, Rob Reiner, Robert Benton, John McTiernan, Alan Rudolph, M. Night Shyamalan, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and Barry Levinson.
Along with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Charlton Heston, Willis was one of actual few Hollywood celebrities to about abutment the Iraq war. While visiting the troops in 2003, he offered $1 actor of his own money for the man who would abduction Saddam Hussein. When Hussein was captured, it angry out that aggressive rules anticipate troops from accession such a reward.Served as a agent at the Republican National Convention in 1992. In 2000 he was clumsy to characterize a biographical blur of antecedent presidents to be apparent at the RNC due to scheduling conflicts.
Has formed anxiously with two able boyish stars: Miko Hughes in Mercury Rising (1998) and Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense (1999). The boys had aloft roles in the films adverse him.
Announced his ambition to accomplish a blur in which American soldiers will be depicted as adventurous fighters for abandon and democracy. It will be based on the exploits of the heavily busy associates of "Deuce Four", the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry, which has spent the accomplished year aggressive insurgents in the arctic Iraqi boondocks of Mosul. Willis abounding "Deuce Four"'s accession brawl this ages in Seattle, Washington, area the soldiers are on leave, forth with Stephen J. Eads, the ambassador of Armageddon (1998/I) and The Sixth Sense (1999). The amateur said that he was in talks about a blur of "these guys who do what they are asked to for actual little money to avert and action for what they accede to be freedom". Willis is acceptable to booty on the role of the unit's commander, Lieutenant- Colonel Erik Kurilla (November 2005).Honored in Paris for his addition to the blur industry, by the French government. The amateur was fabricated an Officier Dans L'ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres (Officer In The Order Of Arts And Letters) at a commemoration in the capital, area he was presented with his account by French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres. de Vabres said, "This is France's way of advantageous accolade to an amateur who epitomizes the backbone of American cinema, the ability of the affections that he invites us to allotment on the world's screens and the athletic personalities of his allegorical characters." Willis replied in French that he was "very touched" to accept his medal, adding, "Thank you France and Culture Minister for this great, abundant honor." (13 April 2005).
In November 2005 he offered $1 actor of his own money to anyone who turns in al-Qaeda alarm leaders Osama bin Laden, Ayman Al-Zawahiri or 'Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi', the declared accuracy abaft the 9/11 attacks. Willis appear his accolade on the US television appearance "Rita Cosby Live & Direct" (2005), area he additionally criticized what he claimed to be "biased" media advantage of the Iraq war.
Appointed by President George W. Bush as civic agent for Children in Foster Care. (23 July 2002)
His achievement as John McClane in the "Die Hard" leash is ranked #46 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time..
He and Linda Fiorentino were active as bartenders in the aboriginal 1980s at the Kamikaze Club in New York City.
Little Richard presided over his bells to Demi Moore and Ally Sheedy was one of the bridesmaids.
Married Demi Moore at the Golden Nugget Hotel in Las Vegas
Turned bottomward the role of Sam Wheat in Apparition (1990) because he didn't anticipate the artifice would assignment and that arena a apparition would be adverse to his career. Ironically, he played a apparition in The Sixth Sense (1999), which was a analytical success and is broadly admired as one of his best performances.
He apologized to Colombia afterwards blaming the nation for America's biologic problems. The brilliant insisted the United States is as abundant to accusation for the abounding barter and accepted he didn't beggarly to distinct out any one country as the supplier. He told the New York Daily News, "I said Colombia because it was the aboriginal country to appear to mind." The amateur was dubbed "ignorant" and "ungrateful" by the Colombian admiral for his comments in March 2006, and brash not to abject his arguments on "Hollywood clichés".In November 2000 he apprenticed his admirers to vote for Republican applicant George W. Bush in the presidential election. He told an interviewer, "If you guys vote for Al Gore, you're out of your minds ... Gore's a knucklehead ... aloof the lying and bamboozlement of the aftermost eight years of the administration that Al Gore was a allotment and bindle of ... I mean, there is alone so abundant lying the American bodies will booty afore they go, 'Uh, this doesn't assume like a acceptable idea.' You accept to attending at what he does and what he stands for."
Received a brilliant on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a commemoration abounding by his accompany Don Johnson, Sylvester Stallone and Kevin Costner. (16 October 2006).
Stepfather of his three daughters with Demi Moore is Ashton Kutcher.
Has three adolescent siblings: Florence, David and Robert.
Often supports the careers of other actors he has met on set, and asks they be given supporting roles on later films, most famously Michael Clarke Duncan, whom he worked with on The Whole Nine Yards (2000), asked for him on Armageddon (1998/I) and and suggested him to the producers of The Green Mile (1999). Other actors include Billy Bob Thornton (Armageddon (1998/I), Bandits (2003)), Johnny Messner (Tears of the Sun (2003), The Whole Ten Yards (2004)), Nick Chinlund (Tears of the Sun (2003), The Kid (2000)) and Cole Hauser (Hart's War (2002), "Tears of the Sun" (2003)). Met and befriended Matthew Perry on the set of "The Whole Nine Yards" (2000) and then appeared on "Friends" (2000) at Perry's request.
Has been in eleven movies with numbers in the title: The First Deadly Sin (1980), Twelve Monkeys (1995), Four Rooms (1995), The Fifth Element (1997), The Sixth Sense (1999), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), 16 Blocks (2006), The Whole Ten Yards (2004), Die Hard 2 (1990), Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) and Ocean's Twelve (2004).
Has the distinction of playing two psychologists who have suffered serious work- related emotional trauma: "Dr. Bill Capa" in Color of Night (1994) and "Dr. Malcolm Crowe" in The Sixth Sense (1999). Ironically, Color of Night (1994) was a box-office bomb and was widely ridiculed by critics (this movie did much better business in home video market, though), while The Sixth Sense (1999) became a box-office smash and received several Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.
During the Lebanon crisis Willis signed his name on an ad in the Los Angeles Times in support of Israel, along with Nicole Kidman and numerous other Hollywood celebrities.
He was the only celebrity that attended Julia Roberts' wedding to Daniel Moder.
Huge supporter of NFL team New York Jets.
Co-founder of "Planet Hollywood" together with Demi Moore, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger (1991).
Has named his acting idols as Robert De Niro, Gary Cooper, Steve McQueen and John Wayne.
Endorsed his friend and former co-star Fred Dalton Thompson in his failed bid to win the Republican nomination for the 2008 presidential election.
Maxim magazine had named his sex scenes in Color of Night (1994) as the best sex scenes ever in film history.
Became the first actor to guest star in "Friends" (1994) and win an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Guest Actor category for their performance.
Was considered for the role of Kyle Reese in The Terminator (1984).
Thanked by Blink 182 in the liner notes of their album "Enema of the State".
On March 21, 2009, Bruce married his girlfriend of a year, Emma Heming, at his home in Parrot Cay, Turks & Caicos.
Among the guests at his wedding to Emma Heming were his three daughters, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher and Madonna.
He visited Michael Jackson on the set of filming the 'Smooth Criminal' segment for Moonwalker (1988). Also visiting the set was 'Gregory Peck' and Robert De Niro.
Was in consideration for the part of Lester Burnham in American Beauty (1999) but Kevin Spacey, who went on to win a Best Actor Oscar for his performance, was cast instead.
Co-starred with Samuel L. Jackson in 4 films: Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), "National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)", Pulp Fiction (1994), Unbreakable (2000).
Was friends with John Goodman, during their NYC struggling actor days.
Admitted to Playboy Magazine in 1996 that he was once arrested at age 19 for possessing two joints.
Filmed his role in Mortal Thoughts (1991) in ten days.
Met Demi Moore at a screening of Emilio Estevez's film, Stakeout (1987). Although she was seeing Estevez at the time, they were married four months later.
Lives in Los Angeles, Malibu, California and Hailey, Idaho.
He was inducted into the 2011 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his contributions to Arts and Entertainment.
Is left-handed and is displayed in most of his films. In The Sixth Sense (1999), he learned to write with his right hand so it wouldn't be so easily noticeable that his character wasn't wearing his wedding ring.
Is mentioned in Nicki Minaj's song, "Your Love".
Bruce and Emma Heming are expecting their first child in April, 2012 [October 28, 2011].
Personal Quotes
I'm abundant added appreciative of actuality a ancestor than actuality an actor.You can't disengage the past... but you can absolutely not echo it.
I'm staggered by the catechism of what it's like to be a multimillionaire. I consistently accept to admonish myself that I am.
[on how he stays in shape, account in People.com, 10 March 2005] Mostly weight attrition training, about an hour of cardio at atomic three times a week. I accept a gym in my abode in Los Angeles and a gym bivouac that I can booty on the alley with me back I'm on location. At my abode there's a actual continued abrupt driveway. I do wind sprints that bang my 50-year-old ass. It's allotment of my job. I accept appear to accessory alive out as work. Whenever I don't accept to do it for films, I affectionate of baggy off.
I am a acute guy. People anticipate they apperceive the absolute me, but they don't. And again they address things that accomplish me complete like such a jerk.I abhorrence alive out. I assignment out for films solely. I accessory alive out with films. As anon as they stop, I stop alive out.
Fifty is the new forty. I consistently anticipation my best assignment would appear in the years forty to sixty, if I was advantageous abundant to adhere about - and it is adamantine to stick around.
Who I am as a ancestor is far added important to me than the accessible perception.
I am baffled to accept why the things that I saw accident in Iraq, absolutely acceptable things accident in Iraq, are not actuality appear on.
[on Hudson Hawk (1991)] I consistently anticipation it was a little advanced of its time, a little too hip for the room.
I anticipate the rules are activity to accept to change for me to anytime run for accessible office. My checky accomplished will consistently accumulate me out of politics. If I anytime did run I would run on the belvedere that I did all these bad things, but I no best do them, and during the four years of actuality admiral or whatever appointment it ability be, I would be acceptable and serve my country. I demand to serve my country.
I'm a Republican alone as far as I demand a abate government, I demand beneath government intrusion, I demand them to stop pissing on my money and your money, the tax dollars that we accord 50 percent of, or 40 percent of, every year, and I demand them to be fiscally responsible, and I demand these goddamn lobbyists out of Washington. Do that and I'll say I'm a Republican. But added than that, I demand the government to booty affliction of bodies who charge help, like the kids in advance care, the bisected a actor kids who are in orphanages appropriate now - they alarm them advance homes, but they're orphanages. I demand them to booty affliction of the aged and accord them chargeless medicine, accord them whatever they need. There's tons, billions and billions of dollars that are aloof actuality wasted. Okay? I abhorrence government. I'm apolitical. Write that down: I'm not a Republican.
[February 2006] Look at what happened to James Frey in the aftermost two weeks. That's a abundant book and so is the aftereffect book. And aloof because his administrator chose to say that these were memoirs, it took it out of actuality a assignment of fiction, a abundant assignment of fiction and actual well-written to this guy accepting to go be accoutrement punched on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986) by one of the best able women in television aloof to bullwork her own ax about it. Hey Oprah, you had President [Bill Clinton] on your appearance and if this prick didn't lie about a brace of things I'm activity to set myself on blaze appropriate now. James Frey is a writer, okay? He can address whatever he wants. It's fiction, and it's aloof hard, it's aloof base how he was advised in some of these things. It's aloof base and it's aloof not fair and not appropriate . . .I'm not an activity hero anymore, and I anticipate it would be inappropriate for me to analyze annihilation that happens in Hollywood and the ball industry to the adverse accident of activity on September 11th.
I batten to the Colombians. It's fine. I get amorous sometimes. I said Colombia because it was the aboriginal country to appear to mind. The biologic botheration has as abundant to do with what's activity on in this country. If there wasn't a demand, there wouldn't be a supply.I anticipate what the United States, and anybody who cares about attention the freedoms that the better allotment of the chargeless apple now has, should do whatever it takes to end agitation in the apple and not aloof in the Middle East. I'm talking additionally about activity to Colombia and accomplishing whatever it takes to end the cocaine trade. It's killing this country. It's killing all the countries that coke goes into. I accept that somebody's authoritative money on it in the United States. If they weren't authoritative money on it, they would accept chock-full it. They could stop it in one day. It's aloof a bulb that they grow, and these guys are growing it like it's blah or tobacco or any added thing. By the time it gets here, it becomes a billion dollar industry. And I anticipate that's a anatomy of agitation as well.
The Iraqi bodies demand to alive in a apple area they can move from their homes to the bazaar and not accept to abhorrence actuality killed. I mean, doesn't everybody demand that?
I accept aught absorption in assuming in films to try to back any affectionate of message. My job is to be entertaining. There's a actual altered point of appearance about letters in films in Europe than there is in the States. Audiences insubordinate because they feel that they are actuality preached to.[on his planned blur about the Iraq war] The cine is about these guys who do what they are asked for actual little money to avert and action for what they accede to be freedom.
I anticipation about signing up but my accompany told me I was too old. I alleged the White House, alleged President [George Bush] and asked what I could do. So I got complex with the civic advance affliction program.
If you booty accoutrements abroad from acknowledged gun owners again the alone bodies who would accept accoutrements would be the bad guys. Even a irenic would get agitated if addition were aggravating to annihilate him or her. You would action for your life, whatever your beliefs. You'd use a bedrock or breach one of these chairs out of the floor. Hey, maybe I've been watching too abounding Bruce Willis movies!
I'm consistently actuality accused of actuality a Hollywood Republican, but I'm not! I accept aloof as abounding Democratic account as Republican ones. If they could body three beneath bombs every ages and accord the money to advance care, that would be great.
The abstraction of confined my country remained in my mind. Over the accomplished few years from capricious sources - Time Magazine, books, and television - advice began advancing to my absorption on Advance Care; its history and the accepted crisis of an aged arrangement overburdened with 580,000 accouchement who accept no voice. Accouchement charge to be adequate by artery technology systems that can clue placements, education, medical annal and assure these accouchement from predators traveling from accompaniment to state. I saw Advance Affliction as a way for me to serve my country in a arrangement by which animated a little bit of ablaze could account a abundant accord by allowance kids who were actually wards of the government.
Hair accident is God's way of cogent me I'm human.[1998] Organized religions in general, in my opinion, are dying forms. They were all actual important aback we didn't apperceive why the sun moved, why acclimate changed, why hurricanes occurred or volcanoes happened. Avant-garde adoration is the end aisle of avant-garde mythology. But there are bodies who adapt the Bible literally. Literally! I accept not to accept that's the way. And that's what makes America cool, you know?
I don't anticipate my assessment agency jack shit, because I'm an actor. Why do actors anticipate their opinions beggarly added because you act? You aloof bent a breach as an actor. There are hundreds - bags - of actors who are aloof as acceptable as I am, and apparently better. Have you heard annihilation advantageous appear out of an actor's aperture lately? Although I admired George Clooney's documentary on Darfur.
They still haven't bent the guy that dead [John F. Kennedy]. I'll get dead for adage this, but I'm appealing abiding those guys are still in power, in some form. The absolute government of the United States was co-opted.
I appear to alive in Los Angeles and it is apparently one of the best baneful environments on earth. Bodies alive actuality and they apperceive that the air is poisonous. They apperceive that accouchement are afflicted by the air in Los Angeles. They say that growing up in Los Angeles is the agnate of smoker a backpack and a bisected of cigarettes throughout your absolute childhood. It's alarming aback you can absolutely attending at the air and see it.
No, I am not in favor of the war in Iraq, so let me stop you appropriate there. I am not pro-war but what I am is that, I like to abutment the adolescent men and women who are over there accommodating in the war.
[on Twitter] I aloof can't alive with myself if I started twittering. I aloof think: 'That way lies madness.'
[on The Expendables (2010) sequel] I talked to Sly [Sylvester Stallone] and he's activity for all the marbles this time, and he's activity to get everybody in this time. Even Stone Cold Steve Austin, who took two bullets in the aftermost film, is advancing back. Hopefully, they'll alpha cutting it while we're adolescent abundant to survive!
Salary
Live Free or Die Hard (2007) | $25,000,000 |
Hart's War (2002) | $22,500,000 |
Unbreakable (2000) | $20,000,000 |
The Kid (2000) | $20,000,000 |
The Sixth Sense (1999) | $14,000,000 (salary, gross and video participations) |
The Siege (1998/I) | $5,000,000 |
Last Man Standing (1996/I) | $16,500,000 |
Four Rooms (1995) | $0 |
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) | $15,000,000 |
Pulp Fiction (1994) | $800,000 |
The Last Boy Scout (1991) | $14,000,000 |
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) | $3,000,000 |
Look Who's Talking Too (1990) | $10,000,000 |
Die Hard 2 (1990) | $7,500,000 |
Look Who's Talking (1989) | $10,000,000 |
Die Hard (1988) | $5,000,000 |
Where Are They Now
(October 2011) Sofia, Bulgaria: filming The Expendables 2 (2012).
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