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In a cover story with PEOPLE, Michael J. Fox opens up about his new book, Future Boy , his return to TV on Shrinking and his life now 34 years after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease

Future Boy is a behind-the-scenes account of when he filmed Family Ties and Back to the Future simultaneously in 1985: “It took me a long time to believe that I pulled it off.”

Fox also shares his philosophy for staying positive amid new challenges: "You take the good, and you seize it.”

Michael J. Fox has a vivid memory from 40 years ago.

It’s a winter evening in 1985, and he’s backstage at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, waiting for his cue to walk out in front of a live audience assembled at Stage 24 for a taping of his NBC comedy Family Ties . Suddenly he panics. The c

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