Eric Dane has no desire to quit acting, even amid his battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Following his appearance on "Brilliant Minds," the "Euphoria" actor appeared on a Tuesday, Dec. 2 panel hosted by the I am ALS organization to discuss the storyline and the illness.

During the panel, the actor said he has no issue taking on other roles that center around ALS. "I'm fairly limited in what I can do physically as an actor, but I still have my brain, and I still have my speech, so I'm willing to just do about anything. I'll take on any role. From here on out, it's going to have to be ALS-centric. It's going to be very difficult for me to play any other role," he said.

"I'm fine with that," he added. "I'm grateful that I can still work in any capacity."

After nearly a decade of playing the fliratious plastic surgeon Dr. Mark Sloan on "Grey's Anatomy," Dane returned to the medical drama genre in a Nov. 24 episode of "Brilliant Minds marking his first role since revealing his diagnosis in April.

He played a firefighter and father with ALS, which causes the progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain. It was his first time portraying something he is first-handly grappling with, making it emotionally challenging to separate his own experiences from his character's.

Yet, Dane called the role cathartic as an actor and a person. "There were moments it was difficult for me to get the lines out, but overall I was really grateful for the experience," he added.

Eric Dane says he's glad he found the strength to fight ALS

Following his diagnosis, Dane said he had every right to crawl into bed and cry for two weeks straight.

"I have no reason to be a good spirit at any time on any given day," Dane said. "I was a little bit pleasantly surprised to realize that I wasn't built like that because I thought for sure that was going to be me."

The actor added that it was encouraging to discover he has a buoyant spirit in the face of adversity and that he manages to show up for his loved ones. "It's imperative that I share my journey with as many people as I can because I don't feel like my life is about me anymore," he said. "And it's something I had to wrestle with because I'm a pretty selfish person and I would love for my life to be all about me."

"(But) I don't think I'd be able to move forward if that were the case," Dane added.

On top of being open about his battle with the debilitating illness, Dane has sought to spread awareness about the thousands of others affected by it. On Sept. 29, he met with Rep. Eric Swalwell to discuss the disease as an ambassador of I am ALS, where the actor vowed to fight until his last breath.

"I want to ring every bell," he said during his speech in Washington, DC. "I have two daughters at home. I want to see them graduate college, get married, maybe even have grandkids. You know I want to be there for all that, so I'm going to fight until the last breath on this one."

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