Michael J. Fox Quotes

Canada, Actor
June 9, 1961

Michael Andrew Fox OC, known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, and film producer with a film and television career spanning from the 1970s. He starred in the Back to the Future trilogy where he portrayed Marty McFly. Other notable roles have included Mike Flaherty on the ABC sitcom Spin City, 1996–2000, and his portrayal of Alex P. Keaton on the American sitcom Family Ties. He has won five Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Also known as Comedian, Author, Film Producer

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

Michael J. Fox
When something enters your life that is so big and so non-negotiable as catastrophic illness, you either go in denial for a while or ultimately you accept it and you make space for it. And in making space for it, you illuminate a lot of things that you normally don't have room for you simply just look at the world differently.

Michael J. Fox
- Space
- Room
- Differently

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Michael J. Fox
- Dignity
- Away
- Surrendered
I remember my son wanted to go to bed with his cowboy boots on, and we had this fight for like an hour. Then I realized that the only good reason I had for him not to do it is because I didn't want him to. There was really no other reason. And finally I said, "OK, fine." It was a great victory for me, because I realized it doesn't really matter.

Michael J. Fox
- Remember
- Reason
- Matter
The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Michael J. Fox
- Expect
- Unhappy
- Serene
If you have one foot in yesterday and one foot in tomorrow, you're pissing all over today.

Michael J. Fox
- Tomorrow
- Yesterday
- Foot
Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

Michael J. Fox
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Michael J. Fox
- Business
- Gods
- Excellence

If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.

Michael J. Fox
- Actually
- Twice
- Scenario
Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.

Michael J. Fox