I don't look at myself as a leader. I do look at myself as part of a community. Michael J. Fox More Quotes by Michael J. Fox More Quotes From Michael J. Fox I worked very hard on those movies but there was some creative connection that wasn't being made. Michael J. Fox connectionscreativemade I'm not a shill for the Democratic Party. Michael J. Fox shillsdemocraticparty I have a remarkably normal life. Michael J. Fox normal-lifenormal I don't subscribe to any particular doctrine or ideology. I just think that there's kind of a good and bad, the good being life in its purest, happiest form, and the other being the darker side of existence. Michael J. Fox doctrinesidesthinking After a year or so I really thought I was Howard Hughes. Here I was at eighteen years old, getting all these checks. Michael J. Fox eighteen-years-oldchecksyears In my 50s I'll be dancing at my children's weddings. Michael J. Fox weddingdancingchildren In fact, Parkinson's has made me a better person. A better husband, father and overall human being. Michael J. Fox husbandfatherfacts I can't be smug, because I know that you can lose anything at any point. And I can't be angry, because I haven't lost it. Michael J. Fox losesi-canlost So what I say about Tracy is this: Tracy's big challenge is not having a Parkinson's patient for a husband. It's having me for a husband. I happen to be a Parkinson's patient. Michael J. Fox patienthusbandchallenges Just as Parkinson's isn't a big topic of conversation in my house, neither is my career. Michael J. Fox topicscareershouse Life delivered me a catastrophe, but I found a richness of soul. Michael J. Fox richness-of-lifesoulfound I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world. Michael J. Fox dadhusbandworld 'Why do you think it is...', I asked Dr. Cook ... 'that brain surgery, above all else-even rocket science-gets singled out as the most challenging of human feats, the one demanding the utmost of human intelligence?' [Dr. Cook answered,] 'No margin for error.' Michael J. Fox errorssciencethinking I didn't want o do metal work and get my hands all nicked up and be around guys. So I took drama because there were a lot of girls. Michael J. Fox girldramahands I got sick of turning on the TV and seeing my face. Michael J. Fox sickfacestelevision I don't want people to kick my ass, I just want to get to a point where they can't kick it. Michael J. Fox asswantpeople To be brutally honest, for much of that time, I was the only person in the world with Parkinson's. Of course, I mean that in the abstract. I had become acutely aware of people around me who appears to have the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, but as long as they didn't identify with me, I was in no rush to identify with them. My situation allowed, if not complete denial, at least a thick padding of insulation. Michael J. Fox longmeanpeople Chris[topher] Reeve wisely parsed the difference between optimism and hope. Unlike optimism, he said, 'Hope is the product of knowledge and the projection of where the knowledge can take us. Michael J. Fox parkinsonsoptimismdifferences I'm also very proud to be a part of a trilogy of films that, if they do nothing else, allow people to check their problems at the door, sit down and have a good time. Michael J. Fox prouddoorspeople I don't keep up with it all. But Taylor Swift writes songs about everybody she goes out with, right? What a way to build a career. Michael J. Fox careerswritingsong
