Pretty sure this was back around the time when he was still considered to be one of the nicest people in Hollywood. I feel like being in the industry long enough eventually got to him after a few decades to a certain degree, but at least he had a good run while it lasted. Hope he’s able to adapt to his diagnosis as best as he can going forward into the future.
I agree, I will also throw in Sean Connery and I know Clint Eastwood is still around in a way but he's a really old guy. He was still kicking a$$ in the 90s.
Some people just look cool with a shaved head like Bruce Willis. I started losing my hair in my late 30s so I took a razor and shaved everything off. I looked like a chemotherapy patient 🤣
Yeah my head is a funny shape so I'm holding onto my last bit of hair for dear life. Or maybe I become one of those guys that wears a baseball cap all the time.
yeah you need a good shaped head and a strong jaw line otherwise you will look like a potato with cancer. it also helps if you are not grossly overweight. however if you loose your hair women will shun you and you'll only ever be able to pay hookers once every few months or something.
Yep, Bruce made a load of "fun" action / adventure type movies, and _Die Hard_ will be Christmas time staple for years to come. It is sad Bruce can't do interviews like this any longer, due to his mental decline into dementia. ..
I can relate to his extra scene in the Verdict. In 1992 I worked as an extra in Striking Distance & got in a scene with him. And like Paul , he never knew it of course. That was my 15 minutes of fame.
Yeah, the guy who started the Hair Club for Men showed himself bald (in the commercials back in the day) and if you looked like hairless it might cause you to move the world for a plug job.
Bruce Willis and Jason Statham are great examples of men who are losing their hair and just accept it and overpower that shortcoming with charisma and coolness
Bruce was fine when he still had hair in _Moonlighting_ and he did just great as John McClain with most of it gone. I miss these kinds of interviews with Bruce, it is sad about his mental decline into dementia.
Honestly, some man can totally pull off bald, even look sexier that way! 😎 Sir Patrick Stewart, Taye Diggs, Stanley Tucci, Ed Harris, Vin Diesel, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Jason Statham, and of course the one and only Sir Sean Connery (though he never went fully bald and even grew hair back after slowing down his career).
@@masterofallgoons Yeah, actors have to worry more than most. For average guys it might just be an ego thing, but showbiz people have to worry if it will affect their ability to get work.
Handsome men look handsome without hair too. Especially if they are athletic. And men who aren't... well the hair doesn't do that much difference as you would think. The best anyone can do is get in shape, it improves how any man looks
@tvedt4673 True, but I would still argue that if there's two equally handsome men (in terms of their face), man A goes bald but works out, is muscular and athletic, man B has perfect hair but doesn't work out much, average build... then man A looks better. Sports and training brings you the kind of vitality, confidence and glow, that good hair alone can never achieve. Of course, man C who has these both is the most handsome. Having both is the ideal situation. But athletic look matters more than good hair. 50% men lose their hair at some point, instead of getting depressed over it, get jacked. All it takes is few years of hard work, and then maintaining which is easier. Instead of being depressed for decades, start the change today
@@shredd5705 Completely agree. Also, having a little bit of scruff goes a long way. One of the reasons Jason Stratham is considered so good looking despite being bald is his beard. Women these days love a man's facial hair more than they do the hair on his head, or lack thereof. Bald guy with athletic body and facial scruff is a really good look.
Bruce looks good without hair. He has the right face and demeanor to pull it off. He would actually not look quiet right to me with a full head of hair. He looked just as good when he lost more later on from when it was receding when he was younger.
2:24 that technology he was referring to was f0llicle cloning. I remember reading that he threw a few millions at researchers. Later turned out that they couldn't clone and sustain a separate scalp with hair for transplantation. So technology didn't come. Not in 5 years, not in 20.
Growing up in the 90's I never really personally paid attention to Bruce losing his hair as time went on. I suppose him accepting his hair loss and going bald and basically shaving it all off made it feel more like it was what he wanted (crafting a new look for himself), not something biology made him go through.
No guy likes losing hair, but when it thins you just have to accept it and shave what’s left. Simples. -glad he said as much about it from his side too…it’s the only respectable way to deal with it
This interviewer always has to bring up the subject of losing hair when he is interviewing a bald actor. He did the same thing when he interviewed Sean Connery during promotion of 'The Rock' in 1996.
He was one of those guys that didn't really look so much better with hair. He never had great hair like a young James Taylor. You don't look at young Bruce Willis and think what a shame. So it worked out for him.
Underrated????? He was one of the most famous actors in the world, in some of the best and most memorable movies ever and is still a household name. People just parrot words and phrases without thinking
@@benironside1264 He's not talking about being famous, he's referring to Willis' reputation as an 'actor'. Of course we know Bruce was one of the biggest stars ever, but he wasn't fully appreciated as the talented 'actor' he is. Never was nominated for an oscar for example. But he should have been for a couple of different roles. At least Bruce didn't take that stuff seriously anyway
yeah Bruce was a "classically trained" actor but when your signature line is "yippee ki yay" and not something like "To be, or not to be." you sort of lose that luster.
He says "We're about 5 years away from technology giving you a full head of hair". That's not true even today in 2025. You can only get hair from a donor site on your own head, so it's limited. Plus, it costs a fortune so most regular people are priced out from the off. There was a dally with follicle cloning in the early 2010s, but nothing came of it.
So many people comment on his having hair in the Moonlighting clips like it’s a shock. I guess they are too young to remember him pre-Die Hard. I always thought he was handsome either way.
In the book about making of Bonfire of the Vanities called The Devil's Candy, they mention his makeup person would paint his scalp. But they gave it up cause it was noticeable in the footage.
Me. I don't find it courageous to accept baldness when you have an attractive face, with an ideal-shaped skull. Sorry. I say this as one with an ok face, and a dome surface like a 3d map of rolling hills. It's a white-knuckle ride through hell holding on to what you have to cover _what you have_
When I was losing my hair, my mom kept assuring me I looked like her favorite actor Bruce Willis. Thanks mom. Thanks Bruce.
McClain is that you?
My mum too. But I ended up looking like the guy from the hills have eyes
@@MSTL144 😂😂😂
Do you really though?
Nice sentiment.
His last line there was really true. Anytime anyone worries about going bald, they always reference Bruce as a positive example.
Which is ridiculous because most bald men aren’t anywhere near as handsome as Bruce Willis
Ed Harris
Yul Brynner
John Candy
@@sgt.thundercok4704 john candy? hahhahha
Rare interview of him being totally relaxed
Pretty sure this was back around the time when he was still considered to be one of the nicest people in Hollywood. I feel like being in the industry long enough eventually got to him after a few decades to a certain degree, but at least he had a good run while it lasted. Hope he’s able to adapt to his diagnosis as best as he can going forward into the future.
And he made it "Well done"
when did hair transplanted become peferfected and mainstream
The interviewer also didn't suck, and probably asked him a question he didn't get very often (Paul Newman).
Bruce by the late 2000s just looked burned out by the business but his interviews from the 80s and 90s are fun.
I love Bruce Willis! His films are some of my favorites. I watch your interview and send good thoughts for his health.
Thats not accurate because this interview is from 1999. Thats over 20 years ago.
Hollywood is so boring now without Bruce, Jack Nicholson and Gene Hackman
It only exists now to spew leftist commie propaganda
Hollywood today doesn't like strong, alpha white men like Gene, Jack and Bruce it's all about 'diversity'.
I agree, I will also throw in Sean Connery and I know Clint Eastwood is still around in a way but he's a really old guy. He was still kicking a$$ in the 90s.
I agree. Without those type of guys like them, there wouldn’t be great movies from them.
@@andrewgardner8972well said.😅
Your interviews with him were great, man :)
Some people just look cool with a shaved head like Bruce Willis. I started losing my hair in my late 30s so I took a razor and shaved everything off. I looked like a chemotherapy patient 🤣
Get a tan and grow a bit of facial hair and life some weights.
Yeah my head is a funny shape so I'm holding onto my last bit of hair for dear life. Or maybe I become one of those guys that wears a baseball cap all the time.
Or spend £1,000 and get a HT in Turkey and change your life 🤷🏻♂️
A friend of mine did exactly that. Its legit !@@DTJ2024
yeah you need a good shaped head and a strong jaw line otherwise you will look like a potato with cancer. it also helps if you are not grossly overweight. however if you loose your hair women will shun you and you'll only ever be able to pay hookers once every few months or something.
Bruce and Statham are two of the rare actors who can make male baldness look good.
Stratham keeps a consistent level of stubble on his face
As opposed to female baldness? Lol. Bruce is a good looking guy tho I agree
@@Craigers8637 female balding is very rare isnt it?
"i'm like the poster child for the thinning man". he actually was 😅. big up bruce.
Jason Statham has taken on the mantle along with the Rock and others
legend in our cinematic time. not a soul will notice this but thank you Mr. Willis for your contribution to the American Cinema.
Yep, Bruce made a load of "fun" action / adventure type movies, and _Die Hard_ will be Christmas time staple for years to come. It is sad Bruce can't do interviews like this any longer, due to his mental decline into dementia. ..
This guy is the definition of cool.
That's a perfect interview. Bravo.
True legend of a man .. God bless him 🙏.. truly sad whats happened to him 😢
I can relate to his extra scene in the Verdict. In 1992 I worked as an extra in Striking Distance & got in a scene with him. And like Paul , he never knew it of course. That was my 15 minutes of fame.
Gutsy. Very gutsy asking him about his hair. I applaud you!
Really nice to see him so relaxed and happy here. Great little interview.
Nobody's Fool is a fantastic film
Bruce is one of those men who looks like he was meant to be bald. Many aren't so lucky.
Yeah, the guy who started the Hair Club for Men showed himself bald (in the commercials back in the day) and if you looked like hairless it might cause you to move the world for a plug job.
I am amazed by how comfortable he seems and happy and relaxed.
The man exuded cool like he invented it.
Bruce didn't deserve what he's going through, and neither did his family...He is and will always be LEGEND.
Good Bruce Willis Interview with Paul Newman
Bruce Willis and Jason Statham are great examples of men who are losing their hair and just accept it and overpower that shortcoming with charisma and coolness
I always thank Bruce for making baldness super cool. Saved a lot of men from a lot of anxiety. Bless you Bruce. ❤
I miss Bruce every day
He's not dead...
@ no… but he’s never acting again
Why does he have a clothespin in his hand?
They’re used on sets to attach gels or diffusion to lights for various effects. They call em “bullets”.
Nobody’s Fool is a classic 🎉
Yes it is.
filmed in my hometown
He always had quite a few stubborn straggler follicles that helped frame his face. This guy had a top end bald progression
Yul Brenner looked better bald than he did with hair,and so does Bruce.
Bruce was fine when he still had hair in _Moonlighting_ and he did just great as John McClain with most of it gone.
I miss these kinds of interviews with Bruce, it is sad about his mental decline into dementia.
Bruce is pure class
Great man
Honestly, some man can totally pull off bald, even look sexier that way! 😎
Sir Patrick Stewart, Taye Diggs, Stanley Tucci, Ed Harris, Vin Diesel, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Jason Statham, and of course the one and only Sir Sean Connery (though he never went fully bald and even grew hair back after slowing down his career).
Brucie in with a legend
Some guys really look great bald, Bruce is one of those. It's very masculine, and that's appealing.
Going bald isn’t as bad when you’re a multi millionaire
Unless your money is dependent on your looks
Yes women are not as convinced when your on minimum wage for some strange reason
@@jdig1984 Hair won't help either if you're on minimum wage 😆
@@markthompson8246every guy needs to maximize the selling points. Some people can't afford to lose any of those. Just the facts of life.
@@masterofallgoons Yeah, actors have to worry more than most. For average guys it might just be an ego thing, but showbiz people have to worry if it will affect their ability to get work.
Well said.
Willis is a legend
One man who looks better without hair , much like Jason Statham.
@Andy Salter Samuel L. Jackson too, but I wouldn’t say Bruce looks better without it, he looks good either way.
Handsome men look handsome without hair too. Especially if they are athletic. And men who aren't... well the hair doesn't do that much difference as you would think. The best anyone can do is get in shape, it improves how any man looks
Lots of bald guys look good but they would always look better with hair.
@tvedt4673 True, but I would still argue that if there's two equally handsome men (in terms of their face), man A goes bald but works out, is muscular and athletic, man B has perfect hair but doesn't work out much, average build... then man A looks better. Sports and training brings you the kind of vitality, confidence and glow, that good hair alone can never achieve.
Of course, man C who has these both is the most handsome. Having both is the ideal situation. But athletic look matters more than good hair. 50% men lose their hair at some point, instead of getting depressed over it, get jacked. All it takes is few years of hard work, and then maintaining which is easier. Instead of being depressed for decades, start the change today
@@shredd5705 Completely agree. Also, having a little bit of scruff goes a long way. One of the reasons Jason Stratham is considered so good looking despite being bald is his beard. Women these days love a man's facial hair more than they do the hair on his head, or lack thereof. Bald guy with athletic body and facial scruff is a really good look.
Bruce looks good without hair. He has the right face and demeanor to pull it off. He would actually not look quiet right to me with a full head of hair. He looked just as good when he lost more later on from when it was receding when he was younger.
Bruce is a class act.
Looks better shaven headed.
Receding hairline in the '90's made him look old.
He's a hell of an actor, and singer too.
Total class act. "Hey, look, I luv ya."
Big fan since i was a kid
We we were further than 5 years away from curing baldness in 1999…how about never cured!!
2:24 that technology he was referring to was f0llicle cloning. I remember reading that he threw a few millions at researchers. Later turned out that they couldn't clone and sustain a separate scalp with hair for transplantation. So technology didn't come. Not in 5 years, not in 20.
So maybe just needs 5 more years
Whats up with the clothespin? 🤷♂️
He said he was doing it to help quit smoking, idle hands
Bruce looks better bald than with hair !
nobodys fool was so good,willis and newman were great together
2:31 well not quite.
Growing up in the 90's I never really personally paid attention to Bruce losing his hair as time went on. I suppose him accepting his hair loss and going bald and basically shaving it all off made it feel more like it was what he wanted (crafting a new look for himself), not something biology made him go through.
I want to thank Bruce Willis and Jason Statham on behalf of all bald men
How did you not show that scene???🤦🏻♂️
Willis looks great bald. More badass. Wonderful actor.
Always 5 years away from a breakthrough 😂
😂20 years later and still not 5 years away
5 years...
Welcome to the party, pal
Not only was he an extra in the verdict but Tobin bell was too n was sitting right next to him
I was opposite Nick Cage in Kiss of Death - edit before my screen time tho 😂
No guy likes losing hair, but when it thins you just have to accept it and shave what’s left. Simples.
-glad he said as much about it from his side too…it’s the only respectable way to deal with it
It never phased Bruce. He always had a big forehead anyway and then also started losing his hair very early even in his early TV days.
It's not the being bald, it's the going bald.
Still waiting for them to cure baldness 😂 I think it'll be too late for me when it comes 😂😂
Q: When did you start to notice you were going bald?
A: When it started to take longer to wash my face!
Harry Hill 🇬🇧
This interviewer always has to bring up the subject of losing hair when he is interviewing a bald actor. He did the same thing when he interviewed Sean Connery during promotion of 'The Rock' in 1996.
It's a sound move, it seems to put them at their ease.
@@danmcdaid If he did that with me I would be annoyed. Last thing I want people focusing on during an interview is the fact I'm losing/lost my hair.
He was one of those guys that didn't really look so much better with hair. He never had great hair like a young James Taylor. You don't look at young Bruce Willis and think what a shame. So it worked out for him.
LOVE U.
super cool guy
Bruce was funny always.
A fine, underated actor.
Underrated????? He was one of the most famous actors in the world, in some of the best and most memorable movies ever and is still a household name.
People just parrot words and phrases without thinking
@@benironside1264 He's not talking about being famous, he's referring to Willis' reputation as an 'actor'. Of course we know Bruce was one of the biggest stars ever, but he wasn't fully appreciated as the talented 'actor' he is. Never was nominated for an oscar for example. But he should have been for a couple of different roles. At least Bruce didn't take that stuff seriously anyway
@@timetheory84 fair enough.. well, he was in my household 😅
yeah Bruce was a "classically trained" actor but when your signature line is "yippee ki yay" and not something like "To be, or not to be." you sort of lose that luster.
My hair is going south and my ole lady is growing hair out of her ass …..lol
😂 honesty is the best policy
if you look goofy without hair, you probably looked goofy with hair but you'll look the most goofy trying to keep whats left of it.
Bald is Beautiful ❤😊
I wish he had time to make more comedy
He says "We're about 5 years away from technology giving you a full head of hair".
That's not true even today in 2025. You can only get hair from a donor site on your own head, so it's limited. Plus, it costs a fortune so most regular people are priced out from the off.
There was a dally with follicle cloning in the early 2010s, but nothing came of it.
Are you from the future? It's 2024.
Willis was GREAT as McClane
When he's being himself, he still stuttered a little bit. Wow.
So many people comment on his having hair in the Moonlighting clips like it’s a shock. I guess they are too young to remember him pre-Die Hard. I always thought he was handsome either way.
I went bald and shaved my had at 27. It's funny cuz baby pictures ofmei would say, I had a hairline like 1980s bruce willis 😂
that interviewer always asking people about going bald. Did the same thing with Sean Connery
What a Legend 🙌
Yeah the cure is right around the corner 😅😂
2023 and they're still nowhere close. Who would have thought that in 1999?
just five more years
Just remember most bald men aren’t anywhere near as handsome or rich as Bruce Willis
Thanks buddy I’ll bare that in mind at all times
Facts
I will never buy hair. I've never had a problem with being bald, it seems to be other men with the problem.
You can invest in hats instead.
Its my unemployed look....that is a great line
Didn't he pay out of his pocket to hide ( touch up the film ) his bald spot for Hudson Hawk ?
In the book about making of Bonfire of the Vanities called The Devil's Candy, they mention his makeup person would paint his scalp. But they gave it up cause it was noticeable in the footage.
That line about wearing women's clothing - either he'd used that before or that was some quick thinking. Great delivery nevertheless.
Stud
Balding isn’t a problem if you’re famous, rich, rugged, handsome and charismatic.
Nah, it's still kind of a problem but one easier to overlook.
The OG Brad Pitt
Is that a plug job on Brad?
This makes me sad, there was no indication of what was to come. 😢
True. And that goes for all of us - We don’t know what’s gonna happen tomorrow, or in the next couple of hours for that matter 🤷♂️
Me. I don't find it courageous to accept baldness when you have an attractive face, with an ideal-shaped skull. Sorry. I say this as one with an ok face, and a dome surface like a 3d map of rolling hills. It's a white-knuckle ride through hell holding on to what you have to cover _what you have_
Sadly, he went from bald to dementia.
The baldness got so bad, it got to his brain
Leave it the guy is suffering
Fkin low
2 EDGY 4 ME
Not immediately! He does have some age on him, like happens to us all.
Stutters a lot…early sign of brain degeneration?
He was a chronic stutterer in childhood i remember reading
You’re looking at one the coolest guy’s on the planet! 💪🫶
Spent too much time in the ante-chamber.... shoulda got out in '99, taken up pottery. He'd be a wizard now instead of a drooling mess.
RIP :'(
he is not dead
@@house30house it has been all over the news months ago