Only a few of us will admit it, but actors will sometimes read a script like this: bullshit...bullshit...my part...blah, blah, blah...my part...bullshit. Michael J. Fox More Quotes by Michael J. Fox More Quotes From Michael J. Fox As with any turning point or instance when a new road is chosen and an old one forsaken, there are consequences. Michael J. Fox forsaken new-roads chosen I find as long as I acknowledge the truth of something, then that's it. I know what it is and then I can operate. But if I overestimate the downside of something or the challenge of something and I get too obsessed about the difficulty of it, then I don't leave enough room to be open to the upside, the possibility. Michael J. Fox challenges long rooms As much as Parkinson's is about movement, the end stage is being frozen. So the more I let that happen, the more I'm gonna be stuck within that and unable to reverse it. Michael J. Fox frozen movement ends Certainly people have a lot tougher situations than I've had to deal with. But I will say we are all dying from the moment we are born. This is not just rehearsal. Michael J. Fox rehearsal dying people When I was 20, I would have taken a bullet in the head to never have to be 35. Michael J. Fox bullets taken To be associated with a film that just flat-out makes people happy is such a blessing and a tremendous privilege, and I'll always be grateful for it. People's eyes light up when they talk about it. I've been in Asia, Africa, Europe and even Bhutan; people know the movie there. It's just an amazing thing. Michael J. Fox grateful eye blessing There's a connection that's hard to explain. It's the feeling I get when I see someone shuffle up to meet me, or say something, and I can instantly tell by the cant of their head or by the movement of their arms -- and these are people who aren't even full-blown symptomatic -- that they're one of us. And the look they give me, it's not just gratitude -- I don't care about the gratitude -- but solidarity. And shared optimism. And a resiliency that just makes me think we're doing the right thing, and that this truly is a community. Michael J. Fox optimism gratitude thinking It is ironic that in the same year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA, some would have us ban certain forms of DNA medical research. Restricting medical research has very real human consequences, measured in loss of life and tremendous suffering for patients and their families. Michael J. Fox dna real loss Disease is a non-partisan problems that requires a non-partisan solution. Michael J. Fox partisans disease problem I think there's a God and I know it's not me. Michael J. Fox god knows thinking If Spirituality is that you're humble in the face of forces greater than you and you believe those forces are more inclined toward being good than being bad, then I'm a spiritual person. Michael J. Fox spiritual humble believe [My son] will have a fairly stable future. Not one where the schoolyard talk is whose father grossed $8 million on his last picture. Michael J. Fox lasts father son I might have skipped class, but I didn't miss any lessons. Michael J. Fox lessons missing class Ironic that in order to do my life's work, I had to quit my day job. Michael J. Fox ironic jobs order The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. Michael J. Fox ensemble dinner tables By the time I entered high school, I had forsaken academics altogether in favor of my burgeoning acting career. Michael J. Fox careers acting school I definitely believe in a higher power. Michael J. Fox higher-power higher believe I don't set a whole lot of goals. It smacks a little bit of will to me, and I find that will is not the way to go for me. Michael J. Fox goal littles way I have so many things that I say to my kids, I just drive them crazy. Michael J. Fox crazy kids I love the irony. I'm perceived as being really young and yet I have the clinical condition of an old man. Michael J. Fox irony young men
