http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/Polit...2611773&page=1
[following is an excerpt from the interview--}

Michael J. Fox Tells ABC He Can 'Take Some Hits'
Actor Tells ABC News' George Stephanopoulos He's 'a Big Boy' and Can Take Criticism of His Stem Cell Ad


Oct. 27, 2006 — This weekend actor Michael J. Fox talks with George Stephanopoulos on "This Week" to discuss his fight for embryonic stem-cell research and why he's campaigning for the Democrats in the upcoming election.

He also reacts to a suggestion by conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh that Fox played up the effects of his Parkinson's disease in recent TV ads to gin up support for the Democrats.

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George Stephanopoulos: Rush apologized — I guess he apologized — for saying you were acting. He didn't call you, did he?

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Michael J. Fox: (laughs) I'm experienced enough and mature enough to take my licks.

But (inaudible) the community was really hurt by it. And it really brings up the specter of "Go ahead, shut the windows, shut the doors, close the curtains and suffer. And don't let us know." Because it's a fearful response.
And what the irony is, is those people who are being pitied or being asked to suffer in silence don't want to suffer, don't see themselves as pitiable, don't see themselves as victims — see themselves as citizens, participants in the process, and people with aspirations and hopes and dreams for the future. They are way more positive as a whole than what I've seen from the community that (inaudible).