to see a pictureCool Michael
J. Fox
Quotes
click on the to see a picture
"[I learned that] I was a good actor. Not the world's
greatest actor. And not the world's funniest actor. And not the
world's greatest human being. Not the world's greatest father, or
husband. But who can be any of that stuff? Who can be perfect?
Not me." [TV Guide 9/28/96]
"I was really shocked at how scary it was...how intense it
was. And I can't believe there was a point in time where I
thought I'd actually let my 7 year old son see it. And now I
realize there's no way in hell that I'd show it to the kid. He'd
be like drooling and twitching, his eyes would roll back and he'd
be smelling roast beef for life." (On The Frighteners)
"When I was 20, I would have taken a bullet in the head to
never have to be 35." -- He turned 35 in June 1996 (Us,
September)
On why he decided to move to California to become an
actor:"If you're a fisherman, get in a boat. Don't just
stand there in a forest, saying, 'I'm a fisherman, I'm a
fisherman.' I mean, prove it."
"I had a mattress and an alarm clock. It was pretty
depressing... Y'know, wash my dishes in the bathroom sink, and
all that crap... But that's what being eighteen is for." (On
his first couple of years in Hollywood)
"Romantic is just...uh...intimate and comfortable. Any
romantic situation is not a situation where you're trying to go
for some contrived romance, where you've gotta get candles and
whipped cream and stuff like that, but where you can be yourself
and be comfortable with it."
"You can only watch so many documentaries about kiwis before
you go crazy." (On his 6 month shoot in New Zealand.)
"I don't focus on success...but I also don't focus on
failure. I don't say success in an inevitability, but by the same
token, failure is not an inevetability. It's just whatever
happens."
"I didn't have that much fun [doing movies] the last seven
years. With theatrical film, you sit in a trailer for five hours,
then do the part where you walk up to the door -- not the part
where you go in the door; that comes three weeks from now. You're
never sure where the
movie fits into the studio's plans -- and when it comes out, you
are either praised or you get the shit kicked out of you."
"People in politics are articulate, energetic -- and
sometimes, they have loose morals."
"When my foot twisted, I remembered watching tennis players
on TV who do that ankle twist and fall on the court. I used to
yell, 'You whining baby, get back up and play!' Now I know how
much they were hurting."
"What do you [critics] want actors to think? Do you want
them to think, 'This will be an interesting experience. This is
an interesting director. I think I'll do it.' Or do you want
actors to think, 'Hmm. Where does this fit into the career
chart?' If you do, then you deserve 'Eraser.' You deserve
factory-built, fed-down-your-throat, giant mega-franchise-
protecting B.S. that goes on." - On The Frighteners
