Michael J. Fox may not be done with acting, even though he announced his retirement from acting four years ago.
The “Back to the Future” actor, who last year released an Emmy-winning documentary documenting his battle with Parkinson's disease, said he is open to returning to Hollywood.
“If I can think of something where I can put my reality, my challenges into it, if I can figure that out, then I'll act,” Foxx said on “Entertainment Tonight” on Thursday.
“If someone offers me a part and I go in and have a good time, that's great.”
Fox retired from the film industry in 2020 after finding it difficult to memorize lines on the set of the TV series “The Good Fight” and “Designated Survivor.” He said seeing Leonardo DiCaprio devastated by the same problem in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was an eye-opener for him.
“There was a moment when I looked in the mirror and thought, 'I can't remember anymore.' Well, let's move on.' It was peaceful,” he told Empire magazine last year.
Just 29 years old, when Fox seemed to be at the peak of his film career, he discovered he had a degenerative disease that causes involuntary movements and memory loss.
“I was bigger than bubblegum,” he narrates in the trailer for “Still,” which was released on Apple TV and won four Primetime Emmy Awards. He said he first noticed a change in his health “when he woke up and noticed his little finger was auto-animating.”
The “Bright Lights, Big City” actor kept his diagnosis secret for years until he revealed it publicly in 1998.
He continued his acting career and founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation. The foundation has raised more than $2 billion in just over 20 years, making it the world's largest nonprofit Parkinson's disease research fundraiser.