If you asked my kids to describe me, they'd go through a whole list of words before even thinking about Parkinson's. And… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
With Parkinson's, it's like you're in the middle of the street and you're stuck there in cement shoes and you know a… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson's. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it.… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
So what I say about Tracy is this: Tracy's big challenge is not having a Parkinson's patient for a husband. It's having… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I discovered that I was part of a Parkinson's community with similar experiences and similar questions that I'd been dealing with alone. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
To be brutally honest, for much of that time, I was the only person in the world with Parkinson's. Of course, I… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I happen to be a Parkinson's patient. I'm not fearful of my condition or my future - but if someone is looking… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
My age makes me think how valuable life is. How bad is something like Parkinson's in relation to not having life at… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
As much as Parkinson's is about movement, the end stage is being frozen. So the more I let that happen, the more… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
The way I look at life, and the way I look at the reality of Parkinson's, is that sometimes it's frustrating and… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I don't think [Parkinson's] is Gothic nastiness. There's nothing on the surface that's horrible about someone with a shaky hand. There's nothing… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
The moment I understood this - that my Parkinson's was the one thing I wasn't going to change - I started looking… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
Just as Parkinson's isn't a big topic of conversation in my house, neither is my career. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
It’s all about control. Control is illusory. No matter what university you go to, no matter what degree you hold, if your… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I take the medication for myself so I can transact, not for anyone else. But I am aware that it is empowering… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I didn't just want to be a poster boy and sign on to publicize somebody else's method of operations. If I was… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
One of the great things about Parkinson's, in a superficial way, is it relieved me of vanity. I don't worry about what… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
In fact, Parkinson's has made me a better person. A better husband, father and overall human being. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I think we all get our own bag of hammers. We all get our own Parkinson's. We all have our own thing.… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
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,… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I often say now I don't have any choice whether or not I have Parkinson's, but surrounding that non-choice is a million… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
The first part of my life was to be an actor and maybe have some success at that. Then [it was time]… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
A lot of times, when you have a disability, one of the things you deal with is other people's projections of what… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
If you allow for the possibilities of something better, you move toward it instinctively. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
After all that I'd been through, after all that I'd learned and all that I'd been given, I was going to do what I… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
If you asked my kids to describe me, they'd go through a whole list of words before even thinking about Parkinson's. And honestly, I… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“I saw, during the midterm campaign of 2006, how difficult it was for opponents of stem cell research to run against hope. And so… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that the quality of a moment in time is not always a reflection of the moment in and of itself—what… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
With Parkinson's, it's like you're in the middle of the street and you're stuck there in cement shoes and you know a bus is… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“They have hopes and dreams that may echo or overlap your own. And there's no reason why you can't make room for them. But… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson's. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it. In those… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image