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 The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. It's got five or six people, new show every night, same players. Good ensemble; the people have worked together a lot. Michael J. Fox player night people I wouldn't have wanted to miss the opportunity to make those three films that didn't do well. They were really important to me, and the things I learned doing them were important to me. Michael J. Fox important missing opportunity I'm kind of private and I keep things inside a lot, but it's been so wonderful to realize that people care about you in a very deep way and that there is some bond between an actor and his audience. I don't even know how to describe that feeling. Michael J. Fox actors feelings people No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading. I have books overflowing everywhere. I am current on today's events and I read the paper every day, and we talk about it, so they see that appetite. Michael J. Fox reading kids book So I never spend a lot of time analyzing why people respond to my work. But I think that it's just the joy, a passion for life, that I think has always been in my characters. Beyond that, I'm just grateful for it. Michael J. Fox passion grateful character They did something once that slurred my speech, and I thought, "Oh, man, you're messing with my brain. It's freaking me out." Michael J. Fox speech brain men My tattoo is that I don't have a tattoo. Michael J. Fox tattoo Everybody in the world knew I was before I knew who I was. Michael J. Fox world You know what's cool? My kids think I'm ordinary. Michael J. Fox inspirational kids thinking When I was younger, I was always described as happy-go-lucky. Michael J. Fox happy-go-lucky lucky Since I'm not sure of the address to which to send my gratitude, I put it out there in everything I do. Michael J. Fox addresses gratitude not-sure The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity. Michael J. Fox wall feelings people My view of life is colored by humor and looking at the best in any situation. Michael J. Fox situation views life-is My whole life, meeting people is like a blind date, because I feel like they've already seen the video on me. Michael J. Fox video blind people My wife is Jewish, and therefore, it's my children's birthright to be Jewish. Michael J. Fox birthright wife children The 'Rescue Me' gig was a unique opportunity to play a character - a misanthropic, angry guy - who was so contrary to how people think of me. Michael J. Fox unique opportunity character I wait for good opportunities to come up to do stuff; I'm not seeking things. I'm quite busy in the meantime, but if the right thing came up, I would be happy to do it. Michael J. Fox would-be waiting opportunity There's something I have about being Canadian - there's a distance it gives you when you live in the States and operate in American culture. You approach familiar things a different way; you come at it from a different angle. It's a trait that runs through a lot Canadian artists' work and actors' work and musicians' - that kind of special remove. Michael J. Fox distance artist running You know you're old when you get a lifetime achievement award. It's a message you've been around too long. Michael J. Fox achievement awards long Almost instantly [after my announcement of Parkinson's], I saw the first couple of days the coverage was about, you know, "Fox's Parkinson's, blah, blah, blah." Then, two days after that, I saw the coverage turn. It started to become, "Can young people get Parkinson's?" All of a sudden, the conversation turned to become about that. And that was one of the first eye-opening things. Michael J. Fox couple eye two
