“My whole idea behind this guy, it was a real simple concept. I just thought that people see a wheelchair or see someone with a disability on television and the music gets soft and hazy and then the guy is struggling with some mundane task, trying to conquer this thing — like me trying to put a ball on a tee on a golf course — and then they finally do it and the music rises to crescendo …” Fox, 60, says in the clip.
Michael J. Fox onThe Good Wife.CBS
“Handicapped people can be assholes too,” he then quips. “Handicapped people can be jerks and manipulative, and so it was fun to play one.”
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The annual Award in Television eXcellence “seeks to recognize individuals whose career reflects the best of television, through work that is thought-provoking, genuine, expansive, and ultimately, entertaining,” the festival said in a release.
Previous recipients include Henry Winkler (2014), James L. Brooks (2015), Norman Lear (2016), Marcy Carsey (2018) and Phylicia Rashad (2019).
Fox was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s, a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system, in 1991. After going public with his diagnosis in 1998, he continued acting, notably appearing onSpin Cityfrom 1996-2001 and later,The Good Wife.
Last year, theFamily Tiesstar opened up to PEOPLE about how his decades-long battle with the illness hasaffected his memorization.
“My short-term memory is shot,” he said in November. “I always had a real proficiency for lines and memorization. And I had some extreme situations where the last couple of jobs I did were actually really word-heavy parts. I struggled during both of them.”
source: people.com
