Bruce Willis 1 Bruce Willis Bruce Willis Willis at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010 Born Walter Bruce WillisMarch 19, 1955Idar-Oberstein, West Germany Other names W.B. Willis Bruno Occupation Actor, producer, musician Years active 1980–present Spouse Demi Moore (1987–2000) Emma Heming (2009–present) Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955), better known as Bruce Willis, is an American actor, producer, and musician. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles. He is well known for the role of John McClane in the Die Hard series, which were mostly critical and uniformly financial successes. He has also appeared in over sixty films, including box office successes like Pulp Fiction, Sin City, 12 Monkeys, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, and The Sixth Sense. Motion pictures featuring Willis have grossed US$2.64 billion to 3.05 billion at North American box offices, making him the ninth highest-grossing actor in a leading role and twelfth highest including supporting roles. [1] [2] He is a two-time Emmy Award-winning, Golden Globe Award-winning and four-time Saturn Award-nominated actor. Willis was married to actress Demi Moore and they had three daughters before their divorce in 2000 after thirteen years of marriage. Early life Willis was born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany, the son of a Kassel-born German, Marlene, who worked in a bank, and David Willis, an American soldier. [3] [4] Willis is the eldest of four children: he has a sister, Florence, and a brother, David. His brother Robert died of pancreatic cancer in 2001, aged 42. [5] After being discharged from the military in 1957, Willis's father took his family back to Penns Grove, New Jersey, where he worked as a welder and factory worker. [6] Willis attended Penns Grove High School in his hometown, where he encountered issues with a stutter. He was nicknamed Buck-Buck by his schoolmates. [6] [7] [8] Finding it easy to express himself on stage and losing his stutter in the process, Willis began performing on stage and his high school activities were marked by such things as the drama club and student council president. [6] After high school, Willis took a job as a security guard at the Salem Nuclear Power Plant [9] [10] and also transported work crews at the DuPont Chambers Works factory in Deepwater, New Jersey. [10] He quit after a colleague was killed on the job, and became a regular at several bars. [6]
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Bruce Willis 1
Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis
Willis at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010Born Walter Bruce WillisMarch 19, 1955Idar-Oberstein, West Germany
Other names W.B. WillisBruno
Occupation Actor, producer, musician
Years active 1980–present
Spouse Demi Moore (1987–2000)Emma Heming (2009–present)
Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955), better known as Bruce Willis, is an American actor, producer, andmusician. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since, includingcomedic, dramatic, and action roles. He is well known for the role of John McClane in the Die Hard series, whichwere mostly critical and uniformly financial successes. He has also appeared in over sixty films, including box officesuccesses like Pulp Fiction, Sin City, 12 Monkeys, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, and The Sixth Sense.Motion pictures featuring Willis have grossed US$2.64 billion to 3.05 billion at North American box offices, makinghim the ninth highest-grossing actor in a leading role and twelfth highest including supporting roles.[1] [2] He is atwo-time Emmy Award-winning, Golden Globe Award-winning and four-time Saturn Award-nominated actor.Willis was married to actress Demi Moore and they had three daughters before their divorce in 2000 after thirteenyears of marriage.
Early lifeWillis was born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany, the son of a Kassel-born German, Marlene, who worked in abank, and David Willis, an American soldier.[3] [4] Willis is the eldest of four children: he has a sister, Florence, anda brother, David. His brother Robert died of pancreatic cancer in 2001, aged 42.[5] After being discharged from themilitary in 1957, Willis's father took his family back to Penns Grove, New Jersey, where he worked as a welder andfactory worker.[6] Willis attended Penns Grove High School in his hometown, where he encountered issues with astutter. He was nicknamed Buck-Buck by his schoolmates.[6] [7] [8] Finding it easy to express himself on stage andlosing his stutter in the process, Willis began performing on stage and his high school activities were marked by suchthings as the drama club and student council president.[6]
After high school, Willis took a job as a security guard at the Salem Nuclear Power Plant[9] [10] and also transportedwork crews at the DuPont Chambers Works factory in Deepwater, New Jersey.[10] He quit after a colleague waskilled on the job, and became a regular at several bars.[6]
After a stint as a private investigator (a role he would play in the television series Moonlighting as well as in the1991 film, The Last Boy Scout), Willis returned to acting. He enrolled in the drama program at Montclair StateUniversity, where he was cast in the class production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Willis left school in his junior yearand moved to New York City.[4]
Willis returned to the bar scene, only this time for a part-time job at the West Bank Cafe in New York City'sManhattan Plaza.[10] [11] After multiple auditions, Willis made his theater debut in the off-Broadway production ofHeaven and Earth. He gained more experience and exposure in Fool for Love, and in a Levi's commercial.
Career
Early career
Willis at the 61st Academy Awards in 1989
Willis left New York City and headed to California to audition forseveral television shows.[4] In 1984, he appeared in an episode of theTV series Miami Vice, titled "No Exit."[12] He auditioned for the roleof David Addison Jr. of the television series Moonlighting (1985–89),while competing against 3,000 other actors for the position.[13] Thestarring role, opposite Cybill Shepherd, helped to establish him as acomedic actor, with the show lasting five seasons. During the height ofthe show's success, beverage maker Seagram hired Willis as thepitchman for their Golden Wine Cooler products.[14] The advertisingcampaign paid the rising star between $5–7 million over two years. Inspite of that, Willis chose not to renew his contract with the companywhen he decided to stop drinking alcohol in 1988.[15]
One of his first major film roles was in the 1987 Blake Edwards film Blind Date with Kim Basinger and JohnLarroquette. Edwards would cast him again to play the real-life cowboy actor Tom Mix in Sunset. However, it washis then-unexpected turn in the film Die Hard that catapulted him to movie star status. He performed most of hisown stunts in the film,[16] and the film grossed $138,708,852 worldwide.[17] Following his success with Die Hard,he had a supporting role in the drama In Country as Vietnam veteran Emmett Smith and also provided the voice for atalking baby in Look Who's Talking, as well as its sequel Look Who's Talking Too.
1980s and 1990sIn the late 1980s, Willis enjoyed moderate success as a recording artist, recording an album of pop-blues titled TheReturn of Bruno, which included the hit single "Respect Yourself",[18] promoted by a Spinal Tap-like rockumentaryparody featuring scenes of him performing at famous events including Woodstock. Follow-up recordings were not assuccessful, though Willis has returned to the recording studio several times.Willis acquired major personal success and pop culture influence playing John McClane in 1988's Die Hard. Thisfilm was followed up by Die Hard 2: Die Harder in 1990 and Die Hard With a Vengeance in 1995. These first threeinstallments in the Die Hard series grossed over US$700 million internationally and propelled Willis to the first rankof Hollywood action stars.In the early 1990s, Willis's career suffered a moderate slump starring in flops such as The Bonfire of the Vanities,Striking Distance, and a film he co-wrote titled Hudson Hawk, among others. He starred in a leading role in thehighly sexualized thriller Color of Night (1994), which was very poorly received by critics, but has become popularon video. However, in 1994, he had a supporting role in Quentin Tarantino's acclaimed Pulp Fiction, which gave anew boost to his career. In 1996, he was the executive producer of the cartoon Bruno the Kid which featured a CGIrepresentation of himself.[19]
He went on to play the lead roles in Twelve Monkeys (1995) and The Fifth Element (1997). However, by the end ofthe 1990s, his career had fallen into another slump with critically panned films like The Jackal, Mercury Rising, andBreakfast of Champions, saved only by the success of the Michael Bay-directed Armageddon which was the highestgrossing film of 1998 worldwide.[20] The same year his voice and likeness were featured in the PlayStation videogame Apocalypse.[21] In 1999, Willis then went on to the starring role in M. Night Shyamalan's film, The SixthSense. The film was both a commercial and critical success and helped to increase interest in his acting career.
2000s - 2010s
Willis after a ceremony where he was namedHasty Pudding Theatrical's Man of the Year in
2002
In 2000, Willis won an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in aComedy Series for his work on Friends (in which he played the fatherof Ross Geller's much-younger girlfriend).[22] He was also nominatedfor a 2001 American Comedy Award (in the Funniest Male GuestAppearance in a TV Series category) for his work on Friends. Also in2000, Willis played Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski in The Whole NineYards alongside Matthew Perry. Willis was originally cast as TerryBenedict in Ocean's Eleven (2001) but dropped out to work onrecording an album.[23] In Ocean's Twelve (2004), he makes a cameoappearance as himself. In 2007, he appeared in the Planet Terror halfof the double feature Grindhouse as the villain, a mutant soldier. Thismarks Willis's second collaboration with director Robert Rodriguez,following Sin City.
Willis has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman several times throughout his career. He filled in for anill David Letterman on his show February 26, 2003, when he was supposed to be a guest.[24] On many of hisappearances on the show, Willis stages elaborate jokes, such as wearing a day-glo orange suit in honor of the CentralPark gates, having one side of his face made up with simulated buckshot wounds after the Harry Whittingtonshooting, or trying to break a record (parody of David Blaine) of staying underwater for only twenty seconds.
Willis at a Live Free or Die Hardpremiere in June 2007
On April 12, 2007, he appeared again, this time wearing a Sanjaya Malakarwig.[25] His most recent appearance was on June 25, 2007 when he appearedwearing a mini-turbine strapped to his head to accompany a joke about his ownfictional documentary titled An Unappealing Hunch (a wordplay of AnInconvenient Truth).[26] Willis also appeared on Japanese Subaru Legacytelevision commercials.[27] Tying in with this, Subaru did a limited run ofLegacys, badged "Subaru Legacy Touring Bruce", in honor of Willis.
Willis has appeared in four films with Samuel L. Jackson (National Lampoon'sLoaded Weapon 1, Pulp Fiction, Die Hard with a Vengeance, and Unbreakable)and both actors were slated to work together in Black Water Transit, beforedropping out. Willis also worked with his eldest daughter, Rumer, in the 2005film Hostage. In 2007, he appeared in the thriller Perfect Stranger, oppositeHalle Berry, the crime/drama film Alpha Dog, opposite Sharon Stone, and marked his return to the role of JohnMcClane in Live Free or Die Hard. Recently he appeared in the films What Just Happened and Surrogates, based onthe comic book of the same name.[28]
Willis was slated to play U.S. Army general William R. Peers in director Oliver Stone's Pinkville, a drama about theinvestigation of the 1968 My Lai Massacre.[29] However, due to the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike, the filmwas cancelled.
Willis appeared on the 2008 Blues Traveler album North Hollywood Shootout, giving a spoken word performanceover an instrumental blues-rock jam on the track "Free Willis (Ruminations from Behind Uncle Bob's MachineShop)". In early 2009, he appeared in an advertising campaign to publicize the insurance company Norwich Union'schange of name to Aviva.[30]
He also appeared in the music video for the song "I Will Not Bow" by Breaking Benjamin. The song is from his2009 science fiction film Surrogates.[31]
Willis starred with Tracy Morgan in the comedy Cop Out, directed by Kevin Smith and about two police detectivesinvestigating the theft of a baseball card.[32] The film was released in February 2010.Willis appeared in the music video for the song "Stylo" by Gorillaz.[33]
Also in 2010, he appeared in a cameo with former Planet Hollywood co-owners and '80s action stars SylvesterStallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film The Expendables. Bruce Willis played the role of "Mr. Church".This was the first time these three legendary action stars appeared on screen together. Although the scene featuringthe three was short, it was one of the most highly anticipated scenes in the film. The trio filmed their scene in anempty church on October 24, 2009.[34]
His most recent project was Red, an adaptation of the comic book mini-series of the same name, in which heportrayed Frank Moses. The film was released on October 15, 2010.[35]
Upcoming filmsWillis will star in the movie adaptation of the video game Kane & Lynch: Dead Men.[36]
On May 5, 2010 it was announced that Die Hard 5 would be made and that Willis was on board to play his mostfamous role of John McClane for a fifth time.[37]
Sylvester Stallone revealed that he is talking to Willis about returning for The Expendables sequel. Stallone wants toexpand Willis' role and that he wants Willis to play the villain in the next Expendables.[38] They have talked aboutWillis' schedule and possible actors that could join the sequel.
Personal life
Marriages and familyAt the premiere for the film Stakeout, Willis met actress Demi Moore. Willis married Moore on November 21, 1987and had three daughters: Rumer Willis (b. August 16, 1988), Scout LaRue Willis (b. July 20, 1991) and TallulahBelle Willis (b. February 3, 1994) before the couple divorced on October 18, 2000. The couple gave no public reasonfor their breakup. Regarding the divorce, Willis stated, "I felt I had failed as a father and a husband by not being ableto make it work." He credited actor Will Smith for helping him cope with the situation.[4] [14] After their breakup,rumors persisted that the couple planned to re-marry, until Moore married the actor Ashton Kutcher. Willis hasmaintained a close relationship with both Moore and Kutcher, even attending their wedding. Willis and Moorecurrently share custody of their daughters.[4]
Willis was engaged to Brooke Burns until they broke up in 2004 after ten months together.[13] He married EmmaHeming in Turks and Caicos on March 21, 2009;[39] guests included his three daughters, Moore, and Kutcher. Theceremony was not legally binding, so the couple wed again in a civil ceremony in Beverly Hills six days later.[40]
Willis has expressed interest in having more children.[4]
ReligionBruce Willis was, at one point, Lutheran (specifically Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod),[41] but no longerpractices, after clarifying in a July 1998 interview with George magazine:
“Organized religions in general, in my opinion, are dying forms", he says. "They were all very important when we didn't know why the sunmoved, why weather changed, why hurricanes occurred, or volcanoes happened", he continues. "Modern religion is the end trail of modernmythology. But there are people who interpret the Bible literally. Literally! I choose not to believe that's the way. And that's what makesAmerica cool, you know?[42] ”
Business activitiesWillis owns property in Los Angeles, rents an apartment in the Trump Tower in New York City,[43] and TrumpPlace,[44] as well as a home in Malibu, California, a ranch in Montana, a beach home on Parrot Cay in Turks andCaicos, and multiple properties in Sun Valley, Idaho.[4]
Willis owns his own motion picture production company called Cheyenne Enterprises, which he started with hisbusiness partner Arnold Rifkin in 2000.[45] He also owns several small businesses in Hailey, Idaho, including TheMint Bar and The Liberty Theater and is a co-founder of Planet Hollywood, with actors Arnold Schwarzenegger andSylvester Stallone.[46] In 2009 Willis signed a contract to become the international face of Belvedere SA's Sobieskivodka in exchange for 3.3% ownership in the company.[47]
Other activities
Willis at the German premiere ofOver the Hedge on June 28, 2006
Willis, an avid New Jersey Nets fan, made controversial comments on April 29,2007 during a live broadcast of a Nets home playoff game on TSN by saying acatch phrase from his Die Hard films, "Yippee-Ki-Yay, Motherfucker", at theend of the interview.[48] [49] Reacting to the backlash, he later blamed his actionson jet lag, stating: "Sometimes I overestimate my ability to function under duresswith less than enough sleep".[14]
On May 5, 2007, someone using the screen name "Walter_B" started postingdetailed responses onto Ain't it Cool News, where people were discussing thefact that Live Free or Die Hard received a PG-13 rating, instead of an R ratinglike the earlier three Die Hard films.[50] The responses included detailedinformation on Live Free or Die Hard, which was yet to be released; the themeof the Die Hard film series, direct criticisms of other film crews and casts, andmany film trivia answers. Many people were skeptical that "Walter_B" wasindeed Willis, but on May 9, Willis revealed his identity on a video chat session (using iChat).[51] [52]
Willis' acting role models are Gary Cooper, Robert De Niro, Steve McQueen, and John Wayne.[53]
Political viewsIn 1988, he and Moore actively campaigned for Massachusetts Governor Michael S. Dukakis's Presidential bid. Fouryears later, he supported President George H.W. Bush for reelection and he was a vocal critic of Bill Clinton.However, in 1996, he declined to endorse Clinton's Republican opponent Bob Dole, because Dole had criticizedMoore for her role in the film Striptease.[54] Willis was an invited speaker at the 2000 Republican NationalConvention,[55] and actively supported George W. Bush that year. He did not make any contributions or publicendorsements in the 2008 presidential campaign. In several June 2007 interviews, he declared that he still maintainssome Republican ideologies.[4] [14]
In 2006, he proposed that the United States should invade Colombia, in order to end the drug trafficking.[56] Inseveral interviews Willis has said that he supports large salaries for teachers and police officers, and says that he isdisappointed in the United States' foster care and treatment of Native Americans.[54] [57] Willis also stated that he is abig supporter of gun rights:
“"Everyone has a right to bear arms. If you take guns away from legal gun owners, then the only people who have guns are the bad guys."Even a pacifist, he insists, would get violent if someone were trying to kill him. "You would fight for your life."[58] ”
Willis has criticized the religious right and its influence on the Republican party. In February 2006, Willis appearedin Manhattan to talk about 16 Blocks with reporters. One reporter attempted to ask Willis about his opinion oncurrent events, but was interrupted by Willis in mid-sentence:
“I'm sick of answering this fucking question. I'm a Republican only as far as I want a smaller government, I want less government intrusion. Iwant them to stop shitting on my money and your money and tax dollars that we give 50 percent of... every year. I want them to be fiscallyresponsible and I want these goddamn lobbyists out of Washington. Do that and I'll say I'm a Republican... I hate the government, OK? I'mapolitical. Write that down. I'm not a Republican.[59] ”
Willis's name was in an advertisement in the Los Angeles Times on August 17, 2006, that condemned Hamas andHezbollah and supported Israel in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.[60]
Military pursuits
Willis meeting members of the U.S.Navy in July 2002
Throughout his film career, Willis has depicted several military characters infilms such as The Siege, Hart's War, Tears of the Sun, and Grindhouse. Growingup in a military family, Willis has publicly sold Girl Scout cookies for the UnitedStates armed forces. In 2002, Willis's youngest daughter, Tallulah, suggested thathe purchase Girl Scout cookies to send to troops. Willis purchased 12,000 boxesof cookies, and they were distributed to sailors aboard USS John F. Kennedy andother troops stationed throughout the Middle East at the time.[61] In 2003, Willisvisited Iraq as part of the USO tour, singing to the troops with his band, TheAccelerators.[62] Willis considered joining the military to help fight the secondIraq war, but was deterred by his age.[63] It was believed he offered US$1 millionto any non combatant who turns in terrorist leaders Osama bin Laden, Aymanal-Zawahiri, or Abu Musab al-Zarqawi; in the June 2007 issue of Vanity Fair,however, he clarified that the statement was made hypothetically and not meantto be taken literally. Willis has also criticized the media for its coverage of thewar, complaining that the press were more likely to focus on the negative aspectsof the war:
“I went to Iraq because what I saw when I was over there was soldiers—young kids for the most part—helping people in Iraq; helping gettingthe power turned back on, helping get hospitals open, helping get the water turned back on and you don't hear any of that on the news. Youhear, 'X number of people were killed today,' which I think does a huge disservice. It's like spitting on these young men and women who areover there fighting to help this country.[64] ”
Willis stated in 2005 that he wanted to "make a pro-war film in which American soldiers will be depicted as bravefighters for freedom and democracy."[65] The film would follow members of Deuce Four, the 1st Battalion, 24thInfantry, who spent considerable time in Mosul and were decorated heavily for it. The film is to be based on thewritings of blogger Michael Yon, a former United States Army Special Forces soldier who was embedded withDeuce Four and sent regular dispatches about their activities. Willis described the plot of the film as "these guys whodo what they are asked for very little money to defend and fight for what they consider to be freedom."[66]
Cultural referencesIn 1996, Roger Director, a writer and producer from Moonlighting wrote a roman à clef on Willis titled A Place toFall.[67] Cybill Shepherd wrote in her 2000 autobiography, Cybill Disobedience, that Willis was angry at Director,because the character was written as a "neurotic, petulant actor."In 1998, Willis participated in Apocalypse, a PlayStation video game. The game was originally announced to featureWillis as a sidekick, not as the main character. The company reworked the game using Willis's likeness and voiceand changed the game to use him as the main character.[21]
Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1980 The First Deadly Sin Man Entering Diner (uncredited)
1982 The Verdict Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
1985 A Guru Comes Extra (uncredited)
1987 Blind Date Walter Davis
1988 The Return of Bruno Bruno Radolini
1988 Sunset Tom Mix
1988 Die Hard John McClane
1989 That's Adequate Himself
1989 In Country Emmett Smith Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor –Motion Picture
1989 Look Who's Talking Mikey Voice Only
1990 Die Hard 2 John McClane
1990 Look Who's Talking Too Mikey Voice Only
1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities Peter Fallow
1991 Mortal Thoughts James Urbanski
1991 Hudson Hawk Eddie 'Hudson Hawk'Hawkins
Writer
1991 Billy Bathgate Bo Weinberg
1991 The Last Boy Scout Joseph Cornelius 'Joe'Hallenbeck
1992 The Player Himself
1992 Death Becomes Her Dr. Ernest Menville Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor
1993 National Lampoon's LoadedWeapon 1
John McClane Uncredited
1993 Striking Distance Tom 'Tommy' Hardy
1994 North Narrator
1994 Color of Night Dr. Bill Capa
1994 Pulp Fiction Butch Coolidge Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor
1994 Nobody's Fool Carl Roebuck Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor
• The Return of Bruno, 1987, Motown, OCLC 15508727• If It Don't Kill You, It Just Makes You Stronger, 1989, Motown / Pgd, OCLC 21322754.• Classic Bruce Willis: The Universal Masters Collection, 2001, Polygram Int'l, OCLC 71124889.Compilations / Guest appearances
• Moonlighting soundtrack, 1986; track "Good Lovin'"• Hudson Hawk soundtrack, 1991; tracks "Swinging on a Star" and "Side by Side", both duets with Danny Aiello• Rugrats Go Wild soundtrack, 2003; "Big Bad Cat" with Chrissie Hynde and "Lust for Life"• Blues Traveler, North Hollywood Shootout, 2008; track "Free Willis (Ruminations from Behind Uncle Bob's
Machine Shop)"
Awards and honors
Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
Willis has won a variety of awards and has received various honorsthroughout his career in television and film.• For his work on the television show Moonlighting he won an Emmy
("Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series") and a Golden Globe("Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series —Comedy/Musical") plus received additional nominations for theshow.[68]
• He was nominated for a Golden Globe for "Best Supporting Actor"for his role in the film In Country
• Maxim magazine had named his sex scenes in Color of Night(1994) as the best sex scenes ever in film history.[69]
• In the 1999 drama/thriller film, The Sixth Sense, Willis won the Blockbuster Entertainment Award ("FavoriteActor — Suspense") and the People's Choice Award ("Favorite Motion Picture Star in a Drama"). He was alsonominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor and received two nominations for the MTV Movie Awards for"Best Male Performance" and "Best On-Screen Duo".[68]
• In 2000, Willis won an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his work on Friends.• In February 2002, Willis was awarded the Hasty Pudding Man of the Year award from Harvard's Hasty Pudding
Theatricals. According to the organization, the award is given to performers who give a lasting and impressivecontribution to the world of entertainment.[70]
• Also in 2002, Willis was appointed as national spokesman for Children in Foster Care by President George W.Bush.[71] Willis wrote online: "I saw Foster Care as a way for me to serve my country in a system by whichshining a little bit of light could benefit a great deal by helping kids who were literally wards of the government."
• In April 2006, he was honored by French government for his contributions to the film industry. Willis was named"Officier Dans L'ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres" (Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters) in a ceremony in Paris.The French Prime Minister stated "This is France's way of paying tribute to an actor who epitomizes the strengthof American cinema, the power of the emotions that he invites us to share on the world's screens and the sturdypersonalities of his legendary characters."[72]
• On October 16, 2006, Willis was honored with a star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star is located at 6915Hollywood Boulevard and it was the 2,321st star awarded in its history. Willis, reacting to his reception of thestar, stated "I used to come down here and look at these stars and I could never quite figure out what you weresupposed to do to get one...time has passed and now here I am doing this, and I'm still excited. I'm still excited tobe an actor."[73]
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