How to pronounce “michael j. fox” in English

we did the right thing.MICHAEL J. FOX: No one dies from Parkinson's.You die with Parkinson's.

Is that right? Three?MICHAEL J. FOX: Three.Two and a half.

Three and a half.MICHAEL J. FOX: Two and a half."Lucky Man, A Memoir," "Always Looking Up, The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist,"

And I just wonder, did you ever think you'd be in that kind of a role?MICHAEL J. FOX: No.I didn't think-- I didn't see it through.

What were you experiencing?MICHAEL J. FOX: Well, I was doing a movie in Florida called "Doc Hollywood." And I was-- I woke up in the morning and had a twitching pinky.And I-- I was out that night before with Woody Harrelson, who was in the movie.

And so I went to a neurologist on campus-- Right away.MICHAEL J. FOX: Yeah.I went the next day.

So then, about a year later-- it was about a year later-- A year later.MICHAEL J. FOX: --I found myself at a neurologist's office because I'd gone to a physical therapist who said this is neurological.So I went to a neurologist's office and he-- I did the battery of tests.

Must have been a stunning thing to hear.MICHAEL J. FOX: It was pretty shocking.And I told my wife-- I came home and told my wife.

Were you treated with meditation right away once the diagnosis was given?MICHAEL J. FOX: I was given medication, but I treated it like Smarties.I'd just throw it in my pocket.

Before you went public, you had a thalamotomy, right?MICHAEL J. FOX: Yeah.Yeah, before I went public.

And a thalamotomy is a very precise therapeutic lesioning procedure of the area of the brain that's generating the tremor.MICHAEL J. FOX: It's 20th century How did you decide to do that?MICHAEL J. FOX: I had huge symptoms on my left side.

MICHAEL J. FOX: It's 20th century How did you decide to do that?MICHAEL J. FOX: I had huge symptoms on my left side.And I was doing a show called "Spin City" and I was finding myself doing scenes where I was sitting on my hand because it just wouldn't stop.

Michael, can you describe a typical day with Parkinson's disease, if there is such a thing?MICHAEL J. FOX: Well, I don't have any typical days.In general, I don't go to work in the same place every day.

Do you find you can count on your meds once you have taken them?MICHAEL J. FOX: Yeah.But I like-- I play this game of keep-away with them.

But-- Why is that?MICHAEL J. FOX: Just because it'll go-- because if I can bump up-- if I don't have to take it at 8:00 and I take it at 9:30,then I don't have to take it till 2:00.

And she has a graph from zero to five.MICHAEL J. FOX: Yeah, exactly.

And she has a graph from zero to five.MICHAEL J. FOX: Moments when you're the focus of attention, it gets you twitchy.

And she has a graph from zero to five.MICHAEL J. FOX: It started out to find a cure.

And she has a graph from zero to five.MICHAEL J. FOX: Well, I just didn't think-- I didn't see that we would do so much--

And she has a graph from zero to five.MICHAEL J. FOX: Well, I kind of-- I'm like Chauncey Gardiner and being there, I just kind of spout.

And she has a graph from zero to five.MICHAEL J. FOX: Yeah, that's what it's there for.

And she has a graph from zero to five.MICHAEL J. FOX: Well, a cure.

And she has a graph from zero to five.MICHAEL J. FOX: Well, I'm just a happy guy.

And she has a graph from zero to five.MICHAEL J. FOX: Yeah.

And she has a graph from zero to five.MICHAEL J. FOX: But it's kind of like walking or breathing.

And she has a graph from zero to five.MICHAEL J. FOX: We need to talk.

And she has a graph from zero to five.MICHAEL J. FOX: Well, you can speak to it programatically, but on general terms-- Todd talked about how we're specifically doing that, but one of the big breakthroughs in this.

We all look at the movie "Back to the Future" and go, "yeah, that's true.Michael J. Fox goes back in time, he does one thing different, he's nice to someone or mean to someone, 20 years later everything is different in the future."We already know this, right?

It's really kind of you to come and help our employees understand Parkinson's disease.You know-- MICHAEL J. FOX: I'm honored to be here.I just want to say-- I've said to couple of people.

And she has a graph from zero to five.Looking at watches and-- MICHAEL J. FOX: To me, it's simple.

So the companies have a chance to earn a lot more.FREDERICK "SHAD" ROWE: Well, Michael J. Fox, I'm on his board.

of the impact on daily life.For those who are not familiar with the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, in its short history, they say the only constant of the organizationhas been its unflagging commitment to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease and put itself out of business.

I had big swaying movements.Even early on? MICHAEL J. FOX: Yeah.From the drugs because I was taking too much.

So I did it and it worked.It helped? MICHAEL J. FOX: But then it started on my right side.So I wasn't going to go back in again.

And she has a graph from zero to five.A cure. MICHAEL J. FOX: But I was talking to the guys doing-- they're working on the Liftware and devices

She was already trying an insulin pump.She, along with Michael J. Fox and lots of other folks, were advocating for the stem-cell research that we so desperately need to ultimately cure the disease.And that work actually led her to the White House, where she got to be-- she was one of the only children in the room when President Obama signed

So we talked about the dark side and then there's the chapter, the flux capacitor.And of course, that kind of brings you back to that movie with Michael J. Fox and all that kind of stuff.So I know the name of the movie but I'm not going to mention it because of the fact I'm not sure if there's any kind of copyright type things.

And she has a graph from zero to five.Typical overachiever, right? MICHAEL J. FOX: But I do have the symptoms.

I mean-- Yeah. I never thought I'd have any sort of life in television or hanging out with celebrities.So I mean, some of my favorites are-- the most optimistic person on the planet to me is Michael J. Fox.You know, the first time he was ever on the show overwhelmed me.

So great to have you here.Thanks, Bill. And then, our very special guest, Michael J. Fox.It does seem a little superfluous for me to provide a formal introduction, but I will provide a very brief one.