Michael J. Fox: Parkinson’s ‘sucks’ — but ‘pity is a benign form of abuse’
nypost.com“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.“Parkinson’s sucks — but it’s a great life,” said Fox, 61, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at age 29 in 1991.“I have no regrets,” he said, sitting alongside his new film’s director Davis Guggenheim, 59, of Oscar-winning “An Inconvenient Truth” fame. “You do what you have to do, but you do not want to kill yourself.
And that’s when I stopped.”When asked how he “mobilized” people to have awareness of the degenerative central nervous system disorder, Fox said he simply “didn’t have a choice.”“This is it,” he said during a Q&A for the film which will stream sometime later this year on Apple+. “I have to give everything I have, and it’s not lip service.
I show up and do the best I can.”“Pity is a benign form of abuse,” the actor continued. “I can feel sorry for myself, but I don’t have time for that.”“There is stuff to be learned from this, so let’s do that and move on,” he added.The Canada-born actor thanked his fans for their support throughout his career, saying, “My fans have basically given me my life.”“I wanted to give these people who have done so much for me my time and gratitude,” he added. “It was great for me to hear from all of you.”In 2000, Fox opened the Michael J.
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