Michael J Fox still has “a lot left to do” in his life.
Michael J Fox ended his acting retirement to join the show
The 64-year-old star recently ended his acting retirement to appear in Shrinking, the hit comedy-drama series, and Michael admits that the experience has reignited his love of acting.
The Hollywood star – who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991 – told Variety: “I see other people’s work, and it makes me think that I might be able to find something that’s for me as an actor and as a writer. And as a parent, husband and friend, I have a lot left to do.”
Despite this, Michael acknowledged that he’s still encountering “new challenges” with Parkinson’s.
He shared: “I wake up and get the message of what the day is gonna be like, and I try to adjust to it. I keep getting new challenges physically, and I get through it. I roll around in a wheelchair a lot, and it took some getting used to. You take the good, and you seize it.”
Michael actually has no regrets about ending his acting retirement to star in Shrinking.
He said: “It was the first time ever I get to show up on-set, and I didn’t have to worry about am I too tired or coughing or anything. I just do it.
“It was really good, because for the moments when I say, ‘I’m not going to be able to do this,’ then I say, ‘Well, I’ll just deal with how I can’t do it in the scene.’ And you get through it.”
Michael moved from Canada to the US at the age of 18 – but he initially struggled to find work in Hollywood.
The actor – who ultimately shot to stardom as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film franchise – previously told Entertainment Tonight: “I was dumpster diving because I knew the grocery store would throw baked goods out. We’d steal jam and peanut butter from the IHOP or Denny’s. It was a tough existence.
“But in a relatively short period of time I was famous and I was the biggest movie star in the world … It was crazy. It made no sense.”