Due to a diagnosis of a neurological disease, Bruce Willis is stepping away from Acting.

Bruce Willis has announced his retirement from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia, a neurological ailment that limits his ability to speak and has caused issues on film sets, according to his family and Hollywood sources.

After dealing with the ailment, the 67-year-old star of "Die Hard" and "The Sixth Sense" is "stepping away" from his decades-long film career, his daughter Rumer Willis said in an Instagram message.

“To Bruce’s amazing supporters, as a family, we wanted to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities,” the statement reads. “As a result of this and with much consideration, Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him.”

“This is a really challenging time for our family and we are so appreciative of your continued love, compassion, and support,” said the statement signed by his wife, Emma Heming, ex-wife Demi Moore, and his other four children.

Bruce Willis as John McClane in “Die Hard.” 20th Century Fox Film Corp.

Aphasia can impact a person’s ability to speak, write and understand verbal and written language.

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Exes Demi Moore and Bruce Willis celebrate his 67th birthday.

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“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. As Bruce always says, ‘Live it up’ and together we plan to do just that.

According to the Mayo Clinic, the medical disease, which generally comes after a stroke or a brain injury, can impair a person's ability to talk, write, and interpret spoken and written language.

A source informed Page Six that the actor experienced "cognitive issues" when making recent films, couldn't recall his lines, and had to wear an earpiece.

“It was increasingly difficult to have him on screen,” the source said of a 2020 film. “So they’d use body doubles, not just for action [sequences], but for maximizing his screen time.”

“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,” Rumer Willis announced on social media.

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Rumer Willis, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Scout Willis, Emma Heming Willis and Tallulah Willis attend Demi Moore’s “Inside Out” book party on September 23, 2019.

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“Everybody knew, the cast and crew. His family has stepped in, they moved in to take care of him,” the source said. “They all knew Bruce was having problems.”

His time on camera was “whittled down” to just three days because of cognitive issues during one project, the source said. “He could not act anymore.”

Willis' family did not specify what caused the actor's condition.

The actor, however, was hit in the head on the set of the action film "Tears of the Sun" in 2002 and later sued Revolution Studios for the damage, according to the Guardian at the time.

Willis claimed in the complaint that he was struck on the forehead by a "projectile" during the detonation of pyrotechnics by the film's special effects team, causing him "severe mental, bodily, and emotional suffering."

According to reports, the event necessitated the use of physicians and medical personnel to treat him.

Haley Joel Osment and Bruce Willis in “The Sixth Sense.”

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Aphasia can lead people to struggle to find the correct words or to talk in garbled short phrases. Speech and language therapy can help to treat it to some extent.

After starring in eight critically condemned films in 2021, Willis was awarded his own unique category for the Razzies — "parody honors for the year's worst movies" — last year.

Willis, whose career has spanned 40 years, has also appeared in blockbuster films such as “Pulp Fiction,” “12 Monkeys” and “The Fifth Element.”

He currently has several movies in post-production, including “Vendetta,” “Fortress: Sniper’s Eye” and “White Elephant.”

One of his final roles was that of Ryan Swan — a man seeking vengeance on the kingpin who murdered his father — in the action movie “Paradise City,” which was shot with John Travolta in Maui, Hawaii last year.

A rep for Willis did not immediately respond to requests for comment.