“I just enjoy the little math problems of existence. “I’m still happy to join the day and be a part of things,” he says. Through it all, Fox has been guided by an indomitable confidence - an optimism, not that any problem can be easily overcome, but that there are reasons to be grateful for what life with all its chaotic convulsions has to offer. They are milestones on an improbable journey, one that’s taken the 61-year-old from an obscure sliver of British Columbia to the height of Hollywood stardom, all while withstanding a devastating diagnosis when he should have been basking in that hard-won success. All of it vying for space with the Emmys, Golden Globes and honorary Oscar that Fox has accumulated for his work on sitcoms and movies, and for his advocacy for Parkinson’s research. There’s even a painting of Gus, staring back at us with soulful eyes. There are snapshots of Fox and his wife, Tracy Pollan, flanked by their four children on beaches and in backyards. “My family pulled me out.”Īnd as we sit in Fox’s Upper East Side office on a sweltering April afternoon, we’re surrounded by mementos and images from that rich family life. So how, I ask, was he able to shake it off? “My family,” he says.
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