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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
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Michael J. Fox
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
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Michael Andrew Fox
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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.
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I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to do something that wasn't nine to five. Acting was the first thing I tried that clicked.
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I don't have any affirmations, I don't have any of that stuff. My natural state is to look at things as possibilities and as opportunities.
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I see possibilities in everything. For everything that's taken away, something of greater value has been given.
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Whatever the situation, just take it for what it is. You don't have to make it worse or better than it is. It just is what it is. Always deal with the honesty, the truth of what something is, and then you've got all kinds of choices.
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In fact, Parkinson's has made me a better person. A better husband, father and overall human being.
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A lot of times, when you have a disability, one of the things you deal with is other people's projections of what your experience is and their fear about it, and not seeing the experience you're having. There's nothing horrifying about it to me. It is what I deal with. It is my reality and my life, but it's not horrible.
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By the time I entered high school, I had forsaken academics altogether in favor of my burgeoning acting career.
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I think there's a God and I know it's not me. I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life.
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