Bruce Willis, the prolific action-movie star, has been diagnosed with aphasia a disorder that affects the brain’s language center
a person’s ability to understand or express speech and will step away from acting, his ex-wife, Demi Moore, announced in an Instagram post on Wednesday.
Moore’s post reads. “As a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him.”
“We are moving through this as a strong family unit, and wanted to bring his fans in because we know how much he means to you, as you do to him
In 2013, when asked by GQ magazine to complete the sentence: “If I live long enough, I ,” Willis said: “should approach a bigger task than I approach now.”
When asked if he has a motto, he said: “‘Live and let live’ is the closest I have. It works for pretty much everything. It has comic aspects to it and it has the real-deal aspects to it.”
The actor Seth Green tweeted, “I have so much love for Bruce Willis, and am grateful for every character he’s given us.”
In a 1985 Times review of “Moonlighting,” John J. O’Connor wrote of Willis: “In repose, the actor is not your average leading-man type. He could easily be mistaken for the quiet guy down the street.”
Confronted with Shepherd’s “flamboyantly insinuating” character, though, Willis “becomes almost debonair,” O’Connor wrote. “He appears to be constantly bemused, complete with twinkling eyes.”