{"id":35839,"date":"2022-06-04T01:12:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T01:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/michael-j-foxs-parkinsons-memory-loss-affecting-his-acting-roles\/"},"modified":"2022-06-04T01:12:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T01:12:05","slug":"michael-j-foxs-parkinsons-memory-loss-affecting-his-acting-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/michael-j-foxs-parkinsons-memory-loss-affecting-his-acting-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael J. Fox&#8217;s Parkinson&#8217;s memory loss affecting his acting roles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Michael J. Fox on what he would tell his younger self\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">You&#8217;ll likely be seeing less of Michael J. Fox on screen in the future. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Speaking with comedian Mike Birbiglia on Monday&#8217;s episode of his podcast &#8220;Working It Out,&#8221; the &#8220;Back to the Future&#8221; star opened up about a decline in memory skills that has affected the acting roles he chooses to take.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Fox, 60, has been open about his battle with Parkinson&#8217;s disease after first getting diagnosed at 29. He has continued to act, most recently in a two-episode appearance in 2020 on the Paramount + series &#8220;The Good Fight.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t remember the lines,&#8221; Fox said of the experience.  &#8220;I just had this blank &#8230; I couldn&#8217;t remember the lines. And it was strange because on &#8216;Family Ties,&#8217; (producers) used to give me the script and I&#8217;d go, &#8216;I&#8217;m in. Mallory , get off the phone. &#8216;  And I knew it, like an instant. And it continued to be that way for me. &#8220;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The actor recalled watching Quentin Tarantino&#8217;s 2019 film &#8220;Once Upon a Time in\u2026 Hollywood&#8221; and identifying with a scene in which Leonardo DiCaprio&#8217;s character Rick Dalton, a TV Western star, struggles with forgetting his lines. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;(Dalton) went back in the dressing room, he was screaming at himself, he was like tearing into himself in the mirror, and drinking. Just a mess,&#8221; Fox said.  &#8220;And I thought about that, and I thought, &#8216;I don&#8217;t want to feel that. Am I wrong to feel that? Am I right to feel that?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He added: &#8220;But here&#8217;s what it tells me: I don&#8217;t take on something with a lot of lines because I can&#8217;t do it. And for whatever reason, it just is what it is. I can&#8217;t remember five pages of dialogue. I can&#8217;t do it. It can&#8217;t be done. So I go to the beach. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Read USA TODAY&#8217;s interview:<\/strong>Michael J. Fox reveals scariest moment of risky surgery in &#8216;No Time Like the Future&#8217;<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Fox is known for upholding optimism amid hardship.  But that doesn&#8217;t mean his positive outlook di him came easily. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;I realized that I&#8217;ve been selling that optimism to people for so long,&#8221; Fox reflected in a 2020 interview with USA TODAY.  &#8220;I believe it&#8217;s true to my core, but it struck me that at that point I questioned it, and I questioned it really severely. And so the rest of the book is this journey through finding my way back with gratitude. And I think gratitude is what makes optimism sustainable. &#8220;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Along with wife Tracy Pollan, Fox said humor has been a key component to dealing with challenges. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;We deal with what&#8217;s funny in the situation at first,&#8221; Fox says.  &#8220;We laugh about it and then we deal with it. But always humor. Humor is the filter for everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">&#8216;You&#8217;re going to have a great life&#8217;:<\/strong>Michael J. Fox on what he wishes he had known when diagnosed<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Acknowledging bleak realities is the first step to improving your state of mind, he also noted. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;I think the first thing you have to do is accept if you&#8217;re faced with a difficult situation,&#8221; he says.  &#8220;And once I do that, that doesn&#8217;t mean I can&#8217;t ever change it. I can change it, but I have to accept it for what it is first, before I can change it. And I have to be real about it. And once I do that, then it opens all doors. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Contributing: Charles Trepany<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/05\/22\/USAT\/007b2fdb-48ae-4a0c-97d2-daff9fc7987f-GettyImages-168592702.jpg?resize=660%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/05\/22\/USAT\/007b2fdb-48ae-4a0c-97d2-daff9fc7987f-GettyImages-168592702.jpg?crop=3075,1730,x0,y1305&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ll likely be seeing less of Michael J. Fox on screen in the future. Speaking with comedian Mike Birbiglia on Monday&#8217;s episode of his podcast &#8220;Working It Out,&#8221; the &#8220;Back to the Future&#8221; star opened up about a decline in memory skills that has affected the acting roles he chooses to take. Fox, 60, has &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/michael-j-foxs-parkinsons-memory-loss-affecting-his-acting-roles\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Michael J. 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