because both shows, I had similar issues.
Why He Retired
I was doing … “The Good Fight” — I confused it with Kiefer Sutherland’s show because both shows, I had similar issues. They’re both very legal. I’d have to read screeds of legalese.
I couldn’t get it. When I did “The Good Fight,” I had just seen one of my favorite movies, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” and there was a great scene where Leo goes back in his room and just lays into himself in the mirror and just goes insane and drinking and crying at his lack of ability to memorize lines. And I found myself, similarly, in front of a mirror and I went: Meh!
I can’t do it. I can’t do this anymore.
Return to Acting
Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1991 and publicly announced his condition in 1998. He starred as the star of the ABC sitcom “Spin City” at the time, a show he gave up in 2000 during the show’s fourth season because his Parkinson’s symptoms were already making it difficult to be on set.
Now it’s happened again with Lawrence’s “Shrinking,” which includes a main storyline that features Harrison Ford’s character living with Parkinson’s. Fox watched the show and thought its representation of Parkinson’s was so spot on that he called Lawrence personally to make an appearance.
The depth of character, the quality of relationships, the language — it’s just a beautiful show.
“And I thought, just do that for its own sake. I don’t have an agenda. Don’t have to be coming back into acting or anything.
It’ll be fun. And there’s Harrison Ford, which is insane.” Fox stressed that coming out of retirement after half a decade is “not the beginning of any campaign to reestablish my career.”
On Set Experience
Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1991 and publicly announced his condition in 1998. He starred as the star of the ABC sitcom “Spin City” at the time, a show he gave up in 2000 during the show’s fourth season because his Parkinson’s symptoms were already making it difficult to be on set.
But on the “Shrinking” set, it didn’t matter. It was the first time ever I get to show up on-set and I didn’t have to worry about am I too tired or coughing or anything.
I just do it. It was really good, because for the moments when I say, ‘I’m not going to be able to do this,’ then I say, ‘Well, I’ll just deal with how I can’t do it in the scene.’ And you get through it.
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