Summary of Michael J. Fox's Lucky Man

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I had a hangover, and I couldn’t stop shaking my left hand. I was sure it was because of my alcohol consumption the night before, but I didn’t have any symptoms of alcoholic deterioration.
#2 I had a theory that the shaking was caused by a drunken slapfight with Woody Harrelson, but I couldn’t remember any such melee. I did, however, remember a moment at the end of the night when my bodyguard had had to prop me up against the door frame while he fumbled the key into the door of my suite.
#3 I had no idea that my brain was malfunctioning, and I had no idea that there were problems in the relationship between my brain and my mind. I thought everything was fine, and I was wrong.
#4 I am no longer the person described in the first few pages of this chapter. I am forever grateful for that. I would never want to go back to that life, which was a sheltered, narrow existence fueled by fear and self-indulgence.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Santé du quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Général

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 04 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669347903
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Michael J. Fox's Lucky Man
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I had a hangover, and I couldn’t stop shaking my left hand. I was sure it was because of my alcohol consumption the night before, but I didn’t have any symptoms of alcoholic deterioration.

#2

I had a theory that the shaking was caused by a drunken slapfight with Woody Harrelson, but I couldn’t remember any such melee. I did, however, remember a moment at the end of the night when my bodyguard had had to prop me up against the door frame while he fumbled the key into the door of my suite.

#3

I had no idea that my brain was malfunctioning, and I had no idea that there were problems in the relationship between my brain and my mind. I thought everything was fine, and I was wrong.

#4

I am no longer the person described in the first few pages of this chapter. I am forever grateful for that. I would never want to go back to that life, which was a sheltered, narrow existence fueled by fear and self-indulgence.

#5

I had a visitor to my trailer that afternoon, Michael Caton-Jones, a director I'd never met before. He was dripping sweat, and I liked him right away because of it. He wanted to make a Capra-esque American comedy.

#6

I was working on a movie that paid homage to the screwball comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. I was playing a spoiled young Hollywood star who, after traveling incognito to New York, tags alongside a reluctant NYPD detective as research for a role that would finally make me taken seriously as a dramatic actor.

#7

I had been working on a script for months that was loosely based on the book What. Dead Again. It was a string of humorous anecdotal scenes with no cohesive arc or storyline. The secondary characters, stereotypical Southerners, were as familiar as yesterday's reruns.

#8

The Hard Way was a trial. With a greater emphasis on action than anything I'd done before, I had taken a physical beating on the film. I needed rest. A long rest.

#9

Some members of the C. O. W. crew, many of whom were Aussies, had hired local prostitutes as companions for their entire stay in-country. One guy set up housekeeping with two women; an oddly civilized arrangement, they would accompany him into Phuket village to do his marketing.

#10

My fantasy was not to escape a domestic routine, but to establish one. I had spent most of my brief engagement on location in Thailand. We had invited just 70 guests, close friends and family, and hired Gavin's firm to provide security. This proved to be a wise move: dozens of tabloid reporters and paparazzi attempted to crash the party, deploying helicopters and even undercover spies disguised as llamas.

#11

My life was crazy busy, and I had no time to enjoy my wedding or honeymoon. I was on location for the movie The Hard Way, and my wife was in San Francisco starring in a film-for-television. We desperately longed to settle somewhere, but we didn’t know if a normal life was possible.

#12

I was initially hesitant to sign on to Caton-Jones’s project, as I was usually drawn to artists who were extremely charming. However, his pitch convinced me that the movie could represent something important to me.

#13

The uncertainty about who I really was gnawed at me, even though I was successful. The fear of not getting another job made me reluctant to take on any project that might require me to leave my family.

#14

The author was always moving, and he relied on his ability to elude, evade, and anticipate any obstacle or potential bully. It is one of the great ironies of his life that he would find peace and security only when it became virtually impossible for him to keep moving.

#15

I had a neurological problem with my pinkie, and I was convinced that amputating it would only make the problem worse. I decided to call my assistant, Brigette, who suggested that it sounded like a neurological problem.

#16

I had a hypochondriac for a sister, Tracy. She was always worrying about her health, and would constantly match symptoms with life-threatening diseases. I was relieved to hear that the episode would probably pass by the end of the day.

#17

I had a stroke at the age of 21. I had been making the film Back to the Future, Part III, in the winter of 1989, when I accidentally hanged myself during a botched film stunt. The neurologist at the University of Florida gave me a checkup.

#18

I was eventually diagnosed with a neurological disorder, and the doctors said that the symptoms were probably caused by a minor injury to my ulna. I was told that I was fine, and that the symptoms would probably go away on their own.

#19

The Hard Way was a bomb, and the critics hated it. However, it did have legs, and I was able to draw an audience to the first three days of the film's release.

#20

I had a ritual that I would perform every time I appeared in a movie. I was extremely nervous about the release of Doc Hollywood, as it had very little positive feedback from audiences.

#21

The success of the film meant I had to shape up and get in shape - I cut back on the beer drinking, and tried to get in shape. The island was a paradise for me and my family.