Michael J. Fox says he's open to acting again if the right role comes along

The "Back to the Future" and "Spin City" announced his retirement from acting in 2020.

When it comes to acting again, Michael J. Fox says never say never.

Despite stepping away from acting in 2020, the actor, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at age 29 in 1991, says he would consider performing again if the right role came about.

"If someone offers me a part and I do it and I have a good time, great," Fox said in a new interview with Entertainment Tonight. "I would do acting if something came up that I could put my realities into it, my challenges, if I could figure it out."

The Back to the Future and Spin City star made the comment ahead of a charity event for his Michael J. Fox Foundation, as he was asked to watch an old interview clip from when he was 22.

In the clip, he talked about goal planning, and how he wanted to "do it all" in Hollywood, which prompted the now-62-year-old to joke that "22-year-olds are obnoxious."

"My goals are always shifting. My biggest goal, I think, was to raise a family. We have four amazing kids, and that's been the big thing," said Fox, who has been married to his Family Ties costar Tracy Pollan since 1988. "And then the other is with the work we've done with the foundation and wanting to achieve those goals."

Fox previously opened up in a 2023 interview with Empire about his decision to retire from acting after appearing in two episodes of the Good Wife spinoff The Good Fight in 2020 and struggling to remember his lines. "I thought of Once Upon a Time In Hollywood. There's a scene where Leonardo DiCaprio's character can't remember his lines anymore. He goes back to his dressing room and he's screaming at himself in the mirror. Just freaking insane," Fox told the magazine. "I had this moment where I was looking in the mirror and thought, 'I cannot remember it anymore.'"

Fox also said he told himself at the time, "Well, let's move on," and the decision ultimately "was peaceful."

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