\n\n\n\nHistorically, the 61-year-old has projected positivity about his Parkinson\u2019s diagnosis, but he has never hidden the toll it has had on his health and well-being.\n\n\n\n
In a recent interview, Fox addressed his mortality, noting that living with Parkinson\u2019s disease was \u201cgetting tougher.\u201d\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m not gonna lie. It\u2019s gettin\u2019 hard, it\u2019s gettin\u2019 harder. It\u2019s gettin\u2019 tougher,\u201d Fox told CBS Sunday Morning anchor Jane Pauley.\n\n\n\n
\u201cEvery day it\u2019s tougher. But, but, that\u2019s, that\u2019s the way it is. I mean, you know, who do I see about that?\u201d\n\n\n\n
He also mentioned that he recently underwent spinal surgery after a tumor on his spine was discovered. While it was harmless, it impacted his ability to walk and caused him to tumble.: \u201c[I] broke this arm, and I broke this arm, I broke this elbow. I broke my face. I broke my hand,\u201d Fox told Pauley.\n\n\n\n \u201cYou don\u2019t die from Parkinson\u2019s. You die with Parkinson\u2019s,\u201d Fox concluded. \u201cI\u2019ve been thinking about the mortality of it. \u2026 I\u2019m not gonna be 80. I\u2019m not gonna be 80.\u201d\n\n\n\n Fox\u2019s battle with the brain disorder, which he was diagnosed with in 1991 after noticing a tremor in his pinkie finger, has once again come to the fore in the lead-up to the release of his new documentary Still, which chronicles the actor\u2019s life over the past three decades.\n\n\n\n As per reports, he admits in the film: \u201cI\u2019m in intense pain. Each tremor is like a seismic jolt.\u201d\n\n\n\n He elaborated on the statement in a new interview he said: \u201cIt\u2019s not so much pain from the movement, but from the not moving. It\u2019s when you freeze, and in that freezing that not-movement becomes infused with all this energy and it becomes this burning, impending thing that never happens.\n\n\n\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to get the violins out. I\u2019ve broken my hand, my elbow, my humerus, my other humerus, my shoulder, my face and some other s\u2014 too. And all that stuff is amplified by the electricity of the tremors. So, yes, it hurts a lot. But what you learn is that nobody gives a s\u2014. It\u2019s just life. It doesn\u2019t matter. You suck it up and you move on. And there might be a story to tell in it. But only that. There\u2019s no chit that you can present to a window for a refund.\u201d\n\n\n\n Ever determined to remain optimistic despite his obvious struggles, Fox gallantly promised that he\u2019s not \u201cgoing anywhere\u201d.\n\n\n\n Because to his failing health, the actor announced his retirement in 2021: \u201cThe depression is [not] so deep that I\u2019m going to injure myself \u2026 it always comes back to a place where I go, \u2018Well, there\u2019s more to celebrate in my life than there is to mourn.\u2019 The pain speaks for itself. You either tolerate it or you don\u2019t. And I\u2019m not going anywhere.\u201d\n\n\n\n Watch Fox\u2019s documentary trailer below (or click here):
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