What a fantastic speech! So sad to hear of his aphasia and I hope he knows that he has touched so many lives with EVERY single role he’s done! A fantastic man and actor and human being! This really touched me so I had to share it!
To everyone at AIS, I sometimes stutter, and watching Mr Willis do that speech, moved me. Hats off to you all, keep up the wonderful work you all are doing and for the people who stutter, keep your heads held high, never let anyone tell you your an outcast and we can together beat this. God bless you all from your Australian friend, John.
Wow, I never knew this about Bruce Willis. This was an amazing story of overcoming obstacles. His speech touched my heart and brought tears to my eyes for multiple reasons. First reason, what a tremendous thing to deal with growing up and how success was achieved despite this setback. Second, how accomplished and wonderful of a person Bruce Willis is and how his latest health issue is so upsetting. It is another challenge he is dealing with but so many years later. I pray for Bruce and that he continues to fight, surrounded by the love of his family and support of his fans.
Comunication is key.. and the freaking stutter just doesnt let you/me connect with the persons arround us, still working out how to improve myself but i am in my 40s and i am just tired of hiding myself to the world.. much love
It’s really hard for me to speak and I struggle a lot and most of the time I feel down because of my stuttering so thank you Bruce for standing up for me!! You made my year
Thanks for watching! We understand how difficult stuttering can be, and we're so glad this video helped you feel encouraged. We strive to help people who stutter to learn to speak more freely and live more fearlessly! You can learn more by watching more of our videos here on our channel or at stutteringtreatment.org.
for the record I don't stutter. That being said I have great respect for people who go through it. You know after watching this video of then vice president now president Biden (perfect example of what you can accomplish if you don't let stuttering define you) I've been getting all these other recommended videos about people like Bruce Willis and Samuel Jackson and finding out that they had stuttering problems and that they overcame and I'm like wow. I never knew those two stuttered. Much respect.
Had a stutter as a kid. But my bigger problem was that I wan invert the order of words. I grew up in the 90s and my mom went on aol and look up famous stutterers and Bruce Willis showed up. Know John mcclane had a stutter helped a lot. It went away by rewatching Bruce Willis movies and memorizing the lines
I never knew you had been through it, i see the real you. You are a true inspiration, forget the Hollywood star, you are a star of the people. I have a stutter too, but i get by 🙂
Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson both became such succesfull because of it. İt depends how do you see it ! İ mean they wore it as armour and exactly this made them strong and they believed to become better . İm a med student in the 6th year and i think my stutter helped a lot to do what i want. No matter what people think
Super Dad, thanks for watching! This was an emotional speech for Bruce. It was such a privilege to honor him. Yes, stuttering can be very difficult to deal with. Check out our website at stutteringtreatment.org. We offer universally affordable therapy for people who stutter in New York, Atlanta and Online.
@@StutteringtreatmentOrg It sure is tough....I'm 43 and still have a mild stutter...some people don't even know and some people realize it....as a kid it was bad up to my late teens and slowly got better....don't know what happened....as I said I still have a mild stutter at times but got better over time and confident for the most part but still stutter here and there... My parents figured that because as a young kid I was fluently English speaking and french speaking may have caused issues but don't think that was it... Bruce Willis....Great actor and great speech dude !
This was great, I been tryin to find out about "stuttering when talking" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Rincaas Stammify Blocker - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my brother in law got excellent success with it.
@@jamieh2930 I speak English, Spanish and French. I stuttered a lot as a kid as I was raised speaking English and Spanish, it's gotten way better, but I still stutter today when I speak those 2 languages. But you know what? I learned French in high school and when I speak French, I don't stutter. I guess it's because of all the vowels and less use of consonants? Strange.
Amazing. Truly amazing. Im 20y and have been struggling a lot while expressing what I want. Everything goes perfect on my head and I make a show about what I wanted to say, but as the moment comes up I can't express any of that as I thought and I get really frustrated, I feel really depressed sometimes about this and it feels like this can completely destroy my confidence at times... I can't even talk amongst my friends sometimes without having some type of fear, talking to anyone is always a big thing and when I leave the situation I always evaluate how the situation went to see how it went... Anyway, god bless everyone the suffers from this problem, and keep your head up, always try your hard to get better, even if if doesnt go as you wished. Bruce made me cry with this speech. Its really scary when you feel alone with this problem. Unfortunately I don't know anyone with the same problem as me neither anyone that ever discussed this with me or helped me with some words idk... sometimes I even feel I can't socialise at all really, bcs of this and a lot of thoughts that pop up from being silent and overthinking the situation and a lot of other things.. Anyway, good luck everyone stay strong!
Hi @Mad Buu, we're so glad you watched the video. If you're ever interested in meeting others who stutter, there are many opportunities in many countries to join support/social groups, and many online networks as well. All free! Here in the US, the NSA (westutter.org) and FRIENDS (friendswhostutter.org) both have online groups that meet periodically. StutterSocial is also an amazing and volunteer run on line meeting place for people who stutter to connect with others in the world who stutter as well.
My multiple sclerosis ugh stutter and people can barely understand me lol Bruce Willis ♥️ Omg please don't cry lol 😘.Ty Bruce Willis I get embarrassed when I can't stop stuttering 😖😖
I wonder how many people have been inspired by King George VI (our last Queen's late dad). All stutterers (or stammerers as we call it in UK) whether they are famous or not owe a debt to him
You piece of s###. I am ashamed to belong to the same species as you. The man is clearly in pain and yet a lowlife like you thinks it’s funny. Hahahahehehe you are one hell of a guy. You should be ashamed of yourself.
I’m sad to hear his heath is getting worse I’m diagnose PDD pervasive developmental disorder It’s hard for me to share with anyone I just need a few people around you who care not entire group
I stutter and I can recognize all the vocal sounds Bruce makes that relate to stuttering. Breathing our heavy, saying um, taking time between thoughts, trying to get it off your mind that you stutter....it's a very psychological thing. That's why his "characters" he plays don't stuttering. Because he has it in his mind that "they don't stutter". It's a pure psychological disorder
I'm the same. If I do an accent I don't stutter which is why I have a slight accent that doesn't belong to my area haha I recognize another stutter instantly even at the slightest cue. If you stutter bad, don't be too hard on yourself. I improved greatly with therapy and you can too 🙏
@delatroy I don't stutter nearly as bad as I did when I was a kid. I have my smooth patches, but then I have weeks at a time where I have a hard time trying to say certain sounds. But at my age at 35, it's just a part of life to me and I keep improving, little by little but it continues to get better
@@Drew_The_Foo_209 yeah I have the same experience basically. Go through different patches based on where you're at with yourself I find but vast majority of the time.. doesn't even dawn on me whereas before, it was more often on my mind.
As a long time stutterer, this speech was wonderful Bruce. It touched my heart.
Same for me Matt.
What a fantastic speech! So sad to hear of his aphasia and I hope he knows that he has touched so many lives with EVERY single role he’s done! A fantastic man and actor and human being! This really touched me so I had to share it!
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I feel this so hard, I've had a stutter my whole life, it has held me back so much, but I've come so far, I was in speech therapy for 19 years
To everyone at AIS, I sometimes stutter, and watching Mr Willis do that speech, moved me. Hats off to you all, keep up the wonderful work you all are doing and for the people who stutter, keep your heads held high, never let anyone tell you your an outcast and we can together beat this. God bless you all from your Australian friend, John.
Thank you for the kind words, John!
Wow, I never knew this about Bruce Willis. This was an amazing story of overcoming obstacles. His speech touched my heart and brought tears to my eyes for multiple reasons. First reason, what a tremendous thing to deal with growing up and how success was achieved despite this setback. Second, how accomplished and wonderful of a person Bruce Willis is and how his latest health issue is so upsetting. It is another challenge he is dealing with but so many years later. I pray for Bruce and that he continues to fight, surrounded by the love of his family and support of his fans.
Imagine if one day science invented a tablet that made stutters forget that they stutter.
If someome do an accident and forget a lot of stuff, even his name, will he aldo forget that he stutter ?
Search Gerald Maguire.
That would work for a short time only.
Comunication is key.. and the freaking stutter just doesnt let you/me connect with the persons arround us, still working out how to improve myself but i am in my 40s and i am just tired of hiding myself to the world.. much love
You are incredible, Bruce. Thank you for this.
It’s really hard for me to speak and I struggle a lot and most of the time I feel down because of my stuttering so thank you Bruce for standing up for me!! You made my year
Thanks for watching! We understand how difficult stuttering can be, and we're so glad this video helped you feel encouraged.
We strive to help people who stutter to learn to speak more freely and live more fearlessly! You can learn more by watching more of our videos here on our channel or at stutteringtreatment.org.
for the record I don't stutter. That being said I have great respect for people who go through it. You know after watching this video of then vice president now president Biden (perfect example of what you can accomplish if you don't let stuttering define you) I've been getting all these other recommended videos about people like Bruce Willis and Samuel Jackson and finding out that they had stuttering problems and that they overcame and I'm like wow. I never knew those two stuttered. Much respect.
as a fellow stutterer i started crying
I'm crying now. Won't deny it.
Don't need to speak well to make an amazing speech! What an inspiration! 🙏
Had a stutter as a kid. But my bigger problem was that I wan invert the order of words. I grew up in the 90s and my mom went on aol and look up famous stutterers and Bruce Willis showed up. Know John mcclane had a stutter helped a lot. It went away by rewatching Bruce Willis movies and memorizing the lines
I never knew you had been through it, i see the real you. You are a true inspiration, forget the Hollywood star, you are a star of the people. I have a stutter too, but i get by 🙂
Great speech by Willis
Damn my heart stopped. Thank you for your inspirational speech Bruce Willis.
Thank u Bruce! I stutter and u stood for me thank u
Hello my stuttering brother
Ásgeir Ásgeirsson Hi
Bruce you are a Champion....
Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson both became such succesfull because of it. İt depends how do you see it ! İ mean they wore it as armour and exactly this made them strong and they believed to become better . İm a med student in the 6th year and i think my stutter helped a lot to do what i want. No matter what people think
Yes it does seem to make actors and actresses come across really great because of their stammer. Rowan Atkinson has it also.
He was getting emotional. Stuttering is very hard to deal with I've had a speech impediment seen I was 7. My dad, brother, cousin Sutter too.
Super Dad, thanks for watching! This was an emotional speech for Bruce. It was such a privilege to honor him. Yes, stuttering can be very difficult to deal with. Check out our website at stutteringtreatment.org. We offer universally affordable therapy for people who stutter in New York, Atlanta and Online.
@@StutteringtreatmentOrg It sure is tough....I'm 43 and still have a mild stutter...some people don't even know and some people realize it....as a kid it was bad up to my late teens and slowly got better....don't know what happened....as I said I still have a mild stutter at times but got better over time and confident for the most part but still stutter here and there... My parents figured that because as a young kid I was fluently English speaking and french speaking may have caused issues but don't think that was it... Bruce Willis....Great actor and great speech dude !
This was great, I been tryin to find out about "stuttering when talking" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Rincaas Stammify Blocker - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my brother in law got excellent success with it.
@@jamieh2930 I speak English, Spanish and French. I stuttered a lot as a kid as I was raised speaking English and Spanish, it's gotten way better, but I still stutter today when I speak those 2 languages. But you know what? I learned French in high school and when I speak French, I don't stutter. I guess it's because of all the vowels and less use of consonants? Strange.
Bruce Willis is an amazing person, great speech.
Thanks for watching!
Amazing. Truly amazing. Im 20y and have been struggling a lot while expressing what I want. Everything goes perfect on my head and I make a show about what I wanted to say, but as the moment comes up I can't express any of that as I thought and I get really frustrated, I feel really depressed sometimes about this and it feels like this can completely destroy my confidence at times... I can't even talk amongst my friends sometimes without having some type of fear, talking to anyone is always a big thing and when I leave the situation I always evaluate how the situation went to see how it went... Anyway, god bless everyone the suffers from this problem, and keep your head up, always try your hard to get better, even if if doesnt go as you wished. Bruce made me cry with this speech. Its really scary when you feel alone with this problem. Unfortunately I don't know anyone with the same problem as me neither anyone that ever discussed this with me or helped me with some words idk... sometimes I even feel I can't socialise at all really, bcs of this and a lot of thoughts that pop up from being silent and overthinking the situation and a lot of other things..
Anyway, good luck everyone stay strong!
Hi @Mad Buu, we're so glad you watched the video. If you're ever interested in meeting others who stutter, there are many opportunities in many countries to join support/social groups, and many online networks as well. All free! Here in the US, the NSA (westutter.org) and FRIENDS (friendswhostutter.org) both have online groups that meet periodically. StutterSocial is also an amazing and volunteer run on line meeting place for people who stutter to connect with others in the world who stutter as well.
thank u for this bruce ! I support u so much !
im a stutter and i can relate to this. This is one of the reasons why I love Bruce Wills and Samuel L jackson.
Thanks for watching, and we couldn't agree more!
My multiple sclerosis ugh stutter and people can barely understand me lol Bruce Willis ♥️ Omg please don't cry lol 😘.Ty Bruce Willis I get embarrassed when I can't stop stuttering 😖😖
I wonder how many people have been inspired by King George VI (our last Queen's late dad). All stutterers (or stammerers as we call it in UK) whether they are famous or not owe a debt to him
I had no idea that Bruce stuttered ever! It’s almost like the award speech caused the stutter? Seems a very emotional moment,
👏min 03:59 ❤
more celebrities should give back to the community in this way
Many have, and we continue to seek out those who are able to support us in providing financial assistance for life changing stuttering therapy :)
Closing eyes is A good solution...,💙💙
3:20 ... I know exactly how he felt.
I’ve never even knew he stuttered!
Me too!
Intro to Die Hard 6
Great speech. I'm only sad that I'm just the 999th like and not the 1000st.
sometimes ....i cry very hard and ask my creator why he created me like this ...its kinda painful!!!
To which your creator replied, you are perfect. Remember this simple truth every day. 😇
That's what I call acting. He is an outstanding actor, indeed.
What are you trying to say? If you are being a jerk about something emotional for a lot of people, you are a rotten person.
You piece of s###. I am ashamed to belong to the same species as you. The man is clearly in pain and yet a lowlife like you thinks it’s funny. Hahahahehehe you are one hell of a guy. You should be ashamed of yourself.
That went from 0 to 100 real fucking quick
Motivational
With CRISPR Cas9 in the spotlight, isn't it time to identify the stuttering genes and look at way to edit them out using the technology?
I’m sad to hear his heath is getting worse I’m diagnose PDD pervasive developmental disorder It’s hard for me to share with anyone I just need a few people around you who care not entire group
I stutter and I can recognize all the vocal sounds Bruce makes that relate to stuttering. Breathing our heavy, saying um, taking time between thoughts, trying to get it off your mind that you stutter....it's a very psychological thing. That's why his "characters" he plays don't stuttering. Because he has it in his mind that "they don't stutter". It's a pure psychological disorder
I'm the same. If I do an accent I don't stutter which is why I have a slight accent that doesn't belong to my area haha
I recognize another stutter instantly even at the slightest cue.
If you stutter bad, don't be too hard on yourself. I improved greatly with therapy and you can too 🙏
@delatroy I don't stutter nearly as bad as I did when I was a kid. I have my smooth patches, but then I have weeks at a time where I have a hard time trying to say certain sounds. But at my age at 35, it's just a part of life to me and I keep improving, little by little but it continues to get better
@@Drew_The_Foo_209 yeah I have the same experience basically. Go through different patches based on where you're at with yourself I find but vast majority of the time.. doesn't even dawn on me whereas before, it was more often on my mind.
He had Aphasia now :(
It’s such sad news 🥲
@matt it’s a tragedy to watch our loved ones suffer and slowly lose parts of themselves. I’m sorry your family went through that 💜
Steve Harvey
I have a studder it sucks ass
We're sorry to hear that. We understand how hard stuttering can be. Please do check out our website to learn how we support people who stutter.