Michael J. Fox quotes His role as Alex Keaton on Family Ties (1982-1989) Born: 06/09/1961 Country: usa

• I got sick of turning on the TV and seeing my face. (Michael Fox) [face]
• “I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.” (Michael Fox) [excellence/perfection/excellence/reach]
• “I can get sad, I can get frustrated, I can get scared, but I never get depressed - because there's joy in my life.” (Michael Fox) [joy]
• “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 Fox) [form/people/night/people]
• “Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.” (Michael Fox) [animals/right/nature]
• “I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli.” (Michael Fox) [morning]
• “If I were overweight because I ate too much, I would have far more of a complex. I would know if I just stopped eating and showed a little discipline I would be thin. But there's not a hell of a lot I can do about being short. You just gotta run with it. ” (Michael Fox) [more/complex/discipline/being]
• “I got sick of turning on the TV and seeing my face.” (Michael Fox)
• “The laughs mean more to me than the adoration. If two girls walk up to me and one says 'you're cute', I'll say thank you, but I appreciate it much more when the other one says 'you make me laugh so much'.” (Michael Fox) [more/girls/more]
• “What other people think about me is not my business.” (Michael Fox) [people/think]
• “The only thing worse than an opportunity you don't deserve is blowing an opportunity.” (Michael Fox) [thing]
• “I didn't want to do a Family Ties type show. It never really represented my outlook and my sense of humor. I'm at once very optimistic and very cynical, and on this show [Spin City] I can be that.” (Michael Fox) [family/type]
• “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.” (Michael Fox) [thing]
• “You've probably read in People that I'm a nice guy - but when the doctor first told me I had Parkinson's, I wanted to kill him.” (Michael Fox) [people/nice]
• “It's a disease that makes you uncomfortable, so, all things considered, that's not too bad. It's still a gift in that it makes one alive. To see what I've lost makes me see what I've gained and what I have.” (Michael Fox) [disease/bad]
• “Nobody would choose to have a disease visited upon them. Still, Parkinson's forced me to make a fundamental life decision: adopt a siege mentality - or embark upon a life journey.” (Michael Fox) [disease/life/decision/life]
• “Family is not an important thing, it's everything.” (Michael Fox) [thing]
• “Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.” (Michael Fox) [science/time/resources/civilization & progress]
• “You know what I want? The answer is, I truly don't know what I want. I don't want to do a television series. I want to do dramas as well as comedies, but I have no idea what kind or in what order. Just give me the chance at them.” (Michael Fox) [television/order/give/chance]
• “This is heavy, Doc.” (Michael Fox) [heavy]
• “I don't want people to kick my ass, I just want to get to a point where they can't kick it.” (Michael Fox) [people/point]
• “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 Fox) [people/care]
• “Pain is temporary, film is forever.” (Michael Fox) [film]
• “I'm also very proud to be a part of a trilogy of films ["Back to the Future"] that, if they do nothing else, allow people to check their problems at the door, sit down and have a good time.” (Michael Fox) [people]
• “In my 50s I'll be dancing at my children's weddings.” (Michael Fox) [dancing]
• “I heard from thousands of PD patients and their families about their daily struggles, their frustrations and their hopes. For me, it has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. This did more than just console me, it inspired me.” (Michael Fox) [life/more]
• “We want to create more momentum” (Michael Fox) [more]
• “But there was never any confusion about our roles off-camera -- Meredith (Baxter) and I were never parental surrogates.” (Michael Fox)
• “There are places not only with adult themes or a range of things like that -- I mean, put that aside for a second -- but just things where you go, 'Can you do that on TV?'” (Michael Fox)
• “This isn't some strange kind of exotic thing that's difficult to understand where we have no markers in terms of where to go.” (Michael Fox) [strange/thing]
• “George Bush says we can wait. I say lives are at stake, and it's time for leadership. That's why I support John Kerry for president.” (Michael Fox) [time/support]

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