Bruce Willis Was Always Humble About His Film Legacy, Says Wife Emma Heming

Bruce Willis' wife Emma Heming expressed how the legendary actor has always been humble about his film legacy.

From Die Hard to Pulp Fiction, actor Bruce Willis has been a major part of Hollywood history, and his 49-year-old wife Emma Heming stated just how humble he has been throughout it.

In an exclusive with PEOPLE, she said,

"I don't know that he ever has [reflected on his legacy]," adding, "I don't think that he's ever harped or thought long and hard about who he is, what he's done. I think he's just always enjoyed being an actor, entertaining people."

She further said, "He really loved it. It was a passion of his. That's why I love him. He's just always so humble. You would never know."

After coming up in the 80s through his role in the television series Moonlighting, Willis reaped the fruits of his hard work and won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy.

With a versatile range of roles and work, he was part of films like Armageddon, Pulp Fiction, The Fifth Element, The Sixth Sense and the Die Hard film series, leaving an indelible mark on the industry.

Bruce Willis diagnosis

The 70-year-old retired in 2022 after he was diagnosed with aphasia, which has since progressed to frontotemporal dementia (FTD). His news was shared by his daughters, Rumer Willis, Scout Willis and Tallulah Willis, whom he shares with ex-wife Demi Moore, as well as Mabel Willis and Evelyn Willis, whom he shares with Emma.

In a recent Instagram post, Rumer shared a heartbreaking yet positive update about Bruce Willis' health. During a recent Q&A on her Instagram Stories, she was asked how he is doing.

She shared with the masses, "People always ask me this question and I think it's kind of a hard one to answer, because the truth is that anybody with FDT is not doing great, but he's doing OK in terms of somebody who is dealing with frontotemporal dementia."

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Further sharing a heartwarming message, "The answer that I would give is that I'm so happy and grateful that I still get to go and hug him. I'm so grateful that when I go over there and give him a hug whether he recognizes me or not that he can feel the love I've given him, and I can feel it back from him. That I still see a spark of him and he can feel the love that I'm giving and so that feels really nice."

Bruce Willis has been receiving support from his children as well as his ex-wife Demi.

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