10 Questions for Michael J. Fox

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Michael J. Fox

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I do believe we will find a cure, and I hope it will be soon. In a way, it's not about me necessarily getting better. I think that the idea behind any kind of service is that you hope that its impact will outlive you anyway, whether it happens in your lifetime or after. The fact that it happened at all is terrific. If it had something to do with your efforts, great.

What's your favorite movie you've ever acted in? John Keach, CORNING, N.Y.

Maybe the first Back to the Future. It was just such a whirlwind experience for me. I was doing Family Ties at the same time, working 18 to 20 hours a day. I was 22 years old. And the movie itself holds up, even though we're now almost at the time he went to in the future. No hoverboards yet.

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