Michael J. Fox says that living with Parkinson’s disease has influenced the projects he selects in his acting career.
In a conversation with Mike Birbiglia for his “Working It Out” podcast, the actor said that remembering lines has become more difficult since he was diagnosed.
“When I did the spinoff of ‘The Good Wife’, which is ‘The Good Fight’, I couldn’t remember the lines. I just had a blank space in my mind, I couldn’t remember,” he said, contrasting that experience with how he felt when he was given a script early in his career, such as his role in 1982’s “Family Ties.”
“I would say, ‘I’m in. Mallory, hang up the phone.’ And it stayed that way for me,” Fox recalled. “There were 70 pages of dialogue in a movie. [Brian] De Palma, and knowing that extremely expensive Steadicam footage depends on me knowing the lines – I couldn’t have a sweat on my forehead.”
Fox said he learned to adapt and recalled a challenging scene he had while filming Kiefer Sutherland’s “Designated Survivor.”
“It was a cool thing and I just couldn’t do it,” Fox said. “But what was really refreshing was that I didn’t panic. I just said, ‘Well, that’s it. Let’s go ahead.”
Fox said he no longer accepts projects with many lines.
“I can’t remember five pages of dialogue,” he said. “So… I’m going to the beach.”
Source: CNN Brasil
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