Top 96 Quotes by Michael J. Fox

Everybody in the world knew who I was before I knew who I was.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there's a power greater than myself. And I always believe, don't inflict harm where it's not necessary.

I really love being alive. I love my family and my work. I love the opportunity I have to do things. That's what happiness is.

I was eccentric, even as a kid. I was an early reader, an early talker. I was very curious in a way that maybe the other kids weren't. I was a little more outgoing.

You've probably read in People that I'm a nice guy - but when the doctor first told me I had Parkinson's, I wanted to kill him.

The only thing worse than an opportunity you don't deserve is blowing an opportunity.

I worked very hard on those movies but there was some creative connection that wasn't being made.

I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to do something that wasn't nine to five. Acting was the first thing I tried that clicked.

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.