Quotes by Michael J. Fox

About Michael J. Fox:

Michael Andrew Fox is a Canadian-American actor, author, producer, and advocate. With a film and television career spanning from the 1970s, Fox's roles have included Marty McFly from the Back to the Future trilogy (1985–1990); Alex P. Keaton from Family Ties (1982–1989), for which he won three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award; and Mike Flaherty in Spin City (1996–2001), for which he won an Emmy, three Golden Globes, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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In my 50s I'll be dancing at my children's weddings.

Michael J. Fox

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

Pity is a benign form of abuse.

Michael J. Fox

I was eccentric, even as a kid. I was an early reader, an early talker. I was very curious in a way that maybe the other kids weren't. I was a little more outgoing.

Michael J. Fox

I'm not a shill for the Democratic Party.

Michael J. Fox

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

By 21, I was earning six figures a week. By 23, I had a Ferrari. It was nuts.

Michael J. Fox

When I was younger, I was always described as happy-go-lucky.

Michael J. Fox

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

I have times when I'm off-balance. I have times when I slur my words. I have times when I walk into walls. I have times when I can't remember somebody's name.

Michael J. Fox

I've learned some exciting things - mostly, that people really want to help each other; and that, if you can lay out a vision for them - and that vision is sincere and genuine - they'll get interested.

Michael J. Fox

I didn't just want to be a poster boy and sign on to publicize somebody else's method of operations. If I was going to put myself out there, I wanted to make sure that it was to an end. So I got involved with this congressional hearing about Parkinso...

Michael J. Fox

Tracy is more a help to me than I am to her.

Michael J. Fox

My wife is Jewish, and therefore, it's my children's birthright to be Jewish.

Michael J. Fox

Just as Parkinson's isn't a big topic of conversation in my house, neither is my career.

Michael J. Fox

I have so many things that I say to my kids, I just drive them crazy.

Michael J. Fox

I take the medication for myself so I can transact, not for anyone else. But I am aware that it is empowering for people to see what I do and, for the most part, people in the Parkinson's community are just really happy that Parkinson's is getting me...

Michael J. Fox

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

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

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

Always be available to your kids. Because if you say, 'Give me five minutes, give me ten minutes,' it'll be 15, it'll be 20. And then when you get there, the shine will have worn off whatever it is they wanted to share with you.

Michael J. Fox

Author Bio

  • NameMichael J. Fox
  • DescriptionCanadian American actor, author, producer, activist and voice-over artist
  • BornJune 9, 1961
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Canada
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Film Actor; Actor; Voice Actor
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of Canada; Saturn Award; Emmy Award; Golden Globe Award; People's Choice Award; Screen Actors Guild Award; Grammy Award