I couldn't talk at all!' Bruce Willis reveals how acting cured his stutter... and opens up about why he's no longer on the wagon

With his career as an A list actor, it's hard to imagine that Bruce Willis once suffered from a debilitating stutter.
But the Die Hard star has revealed that he was once so badly affected that he saw himself as 'disabled'.
He told the March issue of GQ: 'I had a terrible stutter.'
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It's not easy being green: Bruce Willis suited up in stonewash and green velvet for the March 2013 issue of GQ, and shrugged off his repeated Oscar snubbing
It's not easy being green: Bruce Willis suited up in stonewash and green velvet for the March 2013 issue of GQ, and shrugged off his repeated Oscar snubbing
But the Looper lead discovered that theatre helped him work out his childhood stammer.
'I did some theater somewhere, probably in high school. And when I memorized words, I didn't stutter, which was just miraculous,' he explained.

You get it for novelty, for being fascinating to watch in some character role. But the Die Hard stuff and Dirty Harry are all fraught with the same thing that every story is fraught with.'
For the cover, shot by photographer Mario Testino, the chrome-domed star donned a grey suit over a chambray shirt and tie.

Merci beaucoups! Willis might have evaded Oscar glory, but he was honored in Paris on Monday with the Commander of the Arts and Letters for his contribution to cinema
Merci beaucoups! Willis might have evaded Oscar glory, but he was honored in Paris on Monday with the Commander of the Arts and Letters for his contribution to cinema


Yippee-ki-yay: The father-of-four has been in the French capital promoting A Good Day To Die Hard, which premieres Valentine's Day
Yippee-ki-yay: The father-of-four has been in the French capital promoting A Good Day To Die Hard, which premieres Valentine's Day
Inside the issue, Bruce propped his leg up while clad in a green velvet suit over a stonewash shirt and tie as eerie fog bellows around him.
Willis might have evaded Oscar glory, but he was honored in Paris on Monday with the Commander of the Arts and Letters for his contribution to cinema.
Bruce has been in the French capital promoting A Good Day To Die Hard, which premieres Valentine's Day, alongside his wife Emma Heming and their 10-month-old daughter Mabel.
Off the wagon: The formerly sober star, who used to front Seagram's Golden Wine Cooler products in the 1980s, admitted to GQ that he now indulges in a glass of wine 'mostly when I eat'
Off the wagon: The formerly sober star, who used to front Seagram's Golden Wine Cooler products in the 1980s, admitted to GQ that he now indulges in a glass of wine 'mostly when I eat'
The Jersey-bred actor admitted he always found it difficult explaining what he does for a living to his children.
'I can't even figure my job out. I can't figure out the proper metaphor to try to explain what it is I do, even to my kids,' said the 12 Monkeys star.
'I can't get it into a nice, cozy box — "This is what I do, and this is why." I still like it — you can't beat the dough. But I'm sure there will be some kind of penance.

'The Catholic side of me — not that I am Catholic, but — just assumes that there's going to be a bill to pay. I don't know, maybe I should be doing something else, but I don't know what it would be.'
Clowning around: Bruce joked around about becoming the new Pope with David Letterman on his Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday
Clowning around: Bruce joked around about becoming the new Pope with David Letterman on his Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday

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