When Bruce Willis was younger, he had a stutter, and to overcome his affliction, he attended a theater group at school and at his local YMCA, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Willis learned that he could control his stuttering when he was portraying a character, and found solace on the stage. In a 2013 interview with GQ Magazine, he recalled, "I had a terrible stutter. But then I did some theater somewhere, probably in high school. And when I memorized words, I didn't stutter, which was just miraculous. That was the beginning of the gradual dispelling of my stutter."
Biography notes that after high school, Willis didn't attend college right away. He did eventually continue his education, and studied at Montclair State University in New Jersey as a student in the drama department. However, after his sophomore year, Willis decided to move to the city that never sleeps and become an actor on his own.
In 1977, he landed his first professional theater gig in an off-Broadway play called "Heaven and Earth." There were more theater roles to follow, and after landing a small part in Frank Sinatra's film "The First Deadly Sin," a few more doors opened up for the actor, but it would be three more years until Willis got his big break (via Biography).
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