![]() ![]() There are the hellacious months following surgery on his spine to remove a tumor. He describes the gut-wrenching time following his risky spinal surgery, which comes about halfway through the book. He has to plan ahead for his movements, especially if it is windy, say 50 miles an hour, which is when he often finds himself flat on the ground. He says, “…Instead of trying to kill it, I invited Parkinson’s with me on the set.”Ī tremendous effort accompanies every step he takes. ![]() It was when he decided to cast himself as a “working actor with a disability” that work began to come his way. ![]() He considers himself luggage in his wheelchair. He is now enjoying a highly desirable prewar apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with his wife, Tracy Pollan, his beloved dog, Gus, whom he strives to keep “north of 100 pounds,” and his Parkinson’s Disease. In fact, he says he has fallen there so much, he has “left a patina of knee skin on the concrete.”Īs a young actor, Fox had to live in a roach-infested flat in L.A. (He is surely an inveterate reader.) For instance, when he is talking about how hard his exercises are with his physical therapist, he tells us the man’s exercises no doubt: “have been approved by Torquemada.” He describes how he has flattened himself on a particular New York City street, many, many times. His intelligence and outstanding use of language is on every page. ![]()
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