- Pays $21,000 in penalties for violating federal wetlands protection laws at his home in Hailey. (August 28, 2004)
- Has consulted experts about a new 'hair cloning' treatment which has only been tested on rodents and is awaiting approval from the US government. (June 29, 2004)
- Willis and his girlfriend of 10 months, Brooke Burns, have split. (June 4, 2004)
- Has denied reports he proposed to his young girlfriend Brooke Burns last month. (December 5, 2003)
- Willis, on a goodwill tour of Iraq, visited a remote desert outpost Friday to meet with a small number of U.S. troops monitoring the border with Iran. (September 27, 2003)
- Willis treated 300 old school chums to a lavish 30th reunion party at the fancy Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Friday. (August 22, 2003)
- Willis has hit out at ex-wife Demi Moore's new boyfriend Ashton Kutcher following reports the young hunk's cheating on the actress - Reports say Bruce warned Kutcher to treat Demi with respect, otherwise he'd have himself to answer to. (June 23, 2003)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Denzel Washington are demanding $1 million each from American electronics giant Fry's Electronics after their images appeared in newspaper ads for the company. (June 19, 2003)
- Willis has spoken out about his ex-wife Demi Moore's high-profile romance with young star Ashton Kutcher and insists he's happy for them - the actor says the three of them are great pals. (June 14, 2003)
- Bruce Willis and Demi Moore can't stay away from each other -- Bruce is making a cameo appearance in Demi's comeback film CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE where Moore has a main role as villain Madison Lee. (June 4, 2003)
- Willis has cast doubt over plans for a fourth installment of action franchise DIE HARD, claiming he's bored of the films, "Fox certainly wants it to happen, but I think they have a tough job ahead of them. Because within the genre of the three DIE HARD films that have already been done, it has always been about terrorism. And to do a film about terrorism right now doesn't seem like a very good idea. (March 8, 2003)
- After appearing in Willis's new movie TEARS OF THE SUN, John Anyak received a special gift from Willis and the movie's director, Antoine Fuqua - Willis and Fuqua spent $20,000 to buy a new artificial leg for the Sudanese refugee to replace the one he wore out in four months of filming in the jungles of Windward Oahu. (March 7, 2003)
- Willis faced his toughest challenge on TV in America Wednesday night - The actor, who was scheduled to appear on The Late Show to promote his new film TEARS OF THE SUN, found himself hosting the show when chat show titan David Letterman phoned in sick with an eye infection; admitting he was terrified, Willis did a good job of hosting the show. (March 1, 2003)
- A skydiver hired for stunt work on the Navy SEALs drama starring Willis and Italian beauty Monica Bellucci, is presumed dead Thursday after disappearing in the Pacific Ocean. (November 1, 2002)
- After several years of trying, he has finally secured a lead role in an Elmore Leonard's short story TENKILLER.
- Named a national spokesman for kids in foster care by President Bush
- Originally, BLIND DATE (1987) was scheduled for Madonna and Sean Penn. When Madonna heard that they had cast Bruce Willis in the male lead role, she pulled out.
- Managed to blow nearly $120,000 in less than five hours at a London casino
- He was high school student council president.
- Bruce and Demi announce they are ending their marriage of eleven years. No reasons given. (24 June 1998)
- He was ranked #22 in Empire (UK) magazine's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list. (October 1997)
- He 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.
- He 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).
- He 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.
- He stated he will no longer be doing violent action or save-the-world movies. (2001)
- He 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, MERCURY RISING, etc.) where they haven't requested him to flip it over.
- Memorial Day weekend, 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.
- According to friends, he had a terrible stammer as a child.
- He set a new benchmark for actors' salaries when he was paid $5 million for DIE HARD in 1988. Eight years later his wife Demi set a benchmark of 12 million with STRIPTEASE.
- He was named Man of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals. (February 2002)
- He auditioned for a role in THE FISHER KING (1991)
- Director of ARMAGEDDON (1998), Michael Bay, had the actors write their list of demands on the papers Willis read from.
- In BANDITS (2001) the little girl who belches during the dinner scene is his daughter, Scout... and according to him, that belch was not enhanced.
- Val Kilmer was originally considered for the part of Joe in BANDITS (2001), and Willis was originally going to play the part of Terry, but due to scheduling conflicts, Kilmer backed out, and Willis took over the part of Joe.
- The cigarette that he smokes in THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997) appears to have a filter that takes up most of the cigarette.
- From DIE HARD (1988) Willis received a then unheard of $5 million, a fee that was ok'd by Rupert Murdock. Bruce and Demi Moore tied the knot at the Golden Nugget hotel in Las Vegas during this shoot, Moore having recently broken her engagement to actor Emilio Estevez. Little Richard presided over the ceremony and former brat packer Ally Sheedy was a bridesmaid.
- In a scene of DIE HARD: WITH A VENGEANCE (1995) where Bruce Willis talks about his hangover he said I was happy I smoked cigarettes and watched captain kangaroo. That phrase is also used in one of the songs in the PULP FICTION soundtrack in which Willis also starred.
- According to director of LOOK WHO'S TALKING (1989) Amy Heckerling, Willis improvised X-rated voiceover takes.
- Actually lives on Pacific Coast Drive just like in LOADED WEAPON 1 (1993).
- Among the people in the courtroom during the dramatic closing speech in THE VERDICT (1982) is a young Bruce Willis.
- Director Terry Gilliam first met him while casting his film THE FISHER KING 1991). He was impressed by the sensitivity shown by Willis in the scene from DIE HARD (1988) where McClane (Willis) talks about his wife while pulling glass from his feet. Talking to Willis, Gilliam discovered that this part was ad-libbed by Willis. Gilliam remembered this, and was convinced to cast him in TWELVE MONKEYS.
- During the scene in PULP FICTION where he is drying himself off after the shower, the TV version digitally stretches his towel so it covers him up.
- Elijah asks David what made him choose protection as a career out of all the things he could have done, such as founding a chain of restaurants. In reality, Willis is one of the founders of Planet Hollywood, a restaurant chain (UNBREAKABLE).
- Gilliam gave Willis a list of Willis acting clichés not to be used during the film, including the steely blue eyes look.
- He was cast in OCEAN'S ELEVEN (2001), but had to pull out due to scheduling conflicts
- In DIE HARD: WITH A VENGEANCE (1995), Inspector Cobb (Larry Bryggman) says of McClane (Bruce Willis) that by next month he's gonna be a security guard. In UNBREAKABLE (2000), Willis finally is a security guard.
- In PULP FICTION (1994), his character has a flashback dream about his childhood. His character in 12 MONKEYS does the same thing.
- In THE LAST BOY SCOUT (1991) Joe (Willis) mentions reindeer goat cheese pizza, which Willis also mentioned in HUDSON HAWK (1991).
- In the scene in the Ultimart, during the shootout of GROSSE POINTE BLANK (1997), the head of Bruce Willis gets shot off of a stand-up cardboard cutout of PULP FICTION.
- Much like his character Jimmy says about Matthew Perry's character Oz, Bruce Willis has stated in interviews that although it surprised him, he actually couldn't help liking Matthew Perry and they now are very good friends (THE WHOLE NINE YARDS (2000)).
- Starring in THE RETURN OF BRUNO (1988), Bruno was Willis's nickname from his bartending days.
- THE SIXTH SENSE is the second movie in which he plays a psychologist who has a traumatic experience and wants to give up. The other one was COLOR OF NIGHT (1994).
- THE SIXTH SENSE is the second movie with him in a leading role where one of the main characters is named Cole, whom nobody believes and is considered to be insane or unusual. The other was TWELVE MONKEYS - in which Cole says, All I see are dead people. Also, both movies have a number in the title, and both take place in Philadelphia.
- There is a persistent rumor that a shot of Bruce Willis in full DIE HARD gear was composited into the triage scene. The likeness is certainly striking, but it remains merely a rumor for the time being.
- While circling a passage in the notes, he does so with his right hand. Willis is actually left-handed; he possibly circled it right-handed to provide for a better camera angle (THE SIXTH SENSE (1999)).
- Willis said that TWELVE MONKEYS (1995) is only the second film where he decided to take a role in a film after only one reading of the script. The other film was PULP FICTION (1994).
- Nominated for Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for THE SIXTH SENSE (2000) - shared with Haley Joel Osment
- Nominated for Best Male Performance at MTV Movie Awards for THE SIXTH SENSE (2000)
- Nominated for Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for THE LAST BOY SCOUT (1992) - shared with Damon Wayans
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture at Golden Globe Awards for IN COUNTRY (1990)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for Moonlighting (1988)
- Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series at Emmy Awards for Moonlighting (1986)
Quotes- "I wake up laughing. Yes, I wake up in the morning and there I am just laughing my head off."
- "I'm staggered by the question of what it's like to be a multimilionaire. I always hae to remind myself that I am."
- "You can't undo the past... but you can certainly not repeat it."
Awards- Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Man of the Year (2002)
- American Cinematheque Gala Tribute: American Cinematheque Award (2000)
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor - Suspense, THE SIXTH SENSE (2000)
- Emmy Awards: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Friends (2000)
- People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Star in a Drama (2000)
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor - Sci-Fi, ARMAGEDDON (1999)
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Supporting Actor - Suspense, THE SIEGE (1999)
- Razzie Awards: Worst Actor, ARMAGEDDON (1999)
- Razzie Awards: Worst Screenplay, HUDSON HAWK (1992)
- Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Moonlighting (1987)
- Golden Apple Awards: Sour Apple (1987)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical, Moonlighting (1987)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical, Moonlighting (1986)
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