"I Can’t Do This Anymore": Michael J. Fox Reveals Why He Returned To Acting With 'Shrinking' After Six Years

Why Michael J. Fox returned to acting after retiring

Why Michael J. Fox returned to acting after retiringMichael J. Fox is talking about why he came back to acting, even though Parkinson's disease has made it harder for him to remember his lines. The 65-year-old actor, who was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's at age 29, said he returned...

Michael J Fox reveals why he returned to acting despite Parkinson's

The 65-year-old actor revealed that he un-retired from acting sooner than expected because his new character in Shrinking allowed him to 'show up on set' as himself.

Why Michael J. Fox returned to acting despite Parkinson's impacting his 'ability to memorize lines'

Michael J. Fox said "the 12 hour work day was behind me," as he struggled to "memorize lines" amid his Parkinson's disease, but he still returned to acting in "Shrinking."

"I Can’t Do This Anymore": Michael J. Fox Reveals Why He Returned To Acting With 'Shrinking' After Six Years

Michael J. Fox had stepped away from acting after Parkinson’s complications made long days and memorizing lines increasingly difficult. For years, it seemed like the ‘Back to the Future‘ star had accepted that chapter of his career was over. Then ‘Shrinking‘ offered him something different: a role where he didn’t have to hide what he […]

Michael J. Fox explains why he returned to acting with “Shrinking”: ‘Allows me to show up on set as myself’

The “Back to the Future” star said that the show allowed him to “use how I feel on any given day and channel it into the scene.”Michael J. Fox on ‘Shrinking’Credit: Apple TVKey pointsMichael J. Fox said that he stepped back from acting in 2020 because his “ability to memorize lines” was fading.The Back to the Future star joined Shrinking because his character “allows me to show up on set as myself.”Fox also said working with Harrison Ford was “i…