PLEASE WELCOME THE ONE, THE ONLY MICHAEL V FOX, EVERYBODY.
IT'S SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU, SIR, I AM OVERWHELMED TO HAVE YOU ON
THE SHOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
OBVIOUSLY THANKSGIVING IS COMING UP THIS WEEK.
WHAT PLANS DO WE HAVE IN THE J FOX HOUSEHOLD?
>> FIRST, I AM NOT OVERWHELMED, I'M JUST WHELMED.
AND IT FEELS GREAT.
>> James: I'M LOVED TO BE WHELMED.
>> I AM FEELING SO WHELMED BY YOU RIGHT NOW, IT IS STAGGERING.
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE HOME IN LONG ISLAND AND HAVING DINNER MY
FAMILY AND MY SONS GIRLFRIEND AND ONE OF THE BOYFRIENDS, SMALL
INTIMATE GATHERING.
ALL BEEN TESTED, HOSED DOWN AND VACUUMED.
>> James: HOW LOVELY.
DURING THANKSGIVING, LOTS OF PEOPLE, WE ALL TALK ABOUT WHAT
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR.
pYOU TALK A LOT ABOUT THE POWER OF GRATITUDE.
TALK WHY IS THAT, WHY IS THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT WHAT HAPPENS IS IN THIS BOOK I TELL
THE STORY, I HAD A SPINAL ACTUAL THARY HAD TO BE REMOVED AND HAD
TO LEARN HOW TO YOU CAN WITH AGAIN, AND I LEARNED HOW TO WALK
AND WAS FEELING COCKY AND WAS ALONE IN MY APARTMENT.
AND I FELL DOWN AND SHATTERED MY ARM.
AND IT JUST SEESMED LIKE THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW, THE LAST
LEMON, AND I WAS NOT HAPPY.
AND I WAS CRANKY, IT IS ABOUT BEING CRANKY AND NOT BEING HAPPY
WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING.
AND I STARTED LOOKING AT THINGS I WAS GRATEFUL FOR.
AND I REALIZED WHERE THAT GRATEFUL IS, THAT IS WHERE
OPTIMISM LIVED, THE MORE GRATEFUL I WAS, THE MORE I.
>> THAT IS FAN TASK TK IT THIS YEAR OBVIOUSLY MARKS THE
PASth-- 35th ANNIVERSARY OF BACK TO THE FUTURE.
WHEN YOU THINK BECOME TO WHEN YOU WERE MAKING THAT MOVIE, DID
YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF THE CLASSIC THAT IT WAS GOING TO
BECOME?
>> I HAD NO IDEA WHY.
I HAD NOD WHY, I WAS DOING FAMILY TIES AT NIGHT SO I HAD NO
IDEA WHAT MAY NAME WAS.
I SHOWED UP AT FAMILY TIES AND I WOULD BE RUNNING AROUND,-- IT
WAS A REALLY CRAZY TIME.
BUT I KNEW BOB WAS BRILLIANT AND STEVE WAS BRILLIANT AND THE CAST
WERE ALL SO AMAZING.
AS AN ACTOR, HOW DID I GET HERE, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN.
HE CAME OUT.
>> IT REALLY IS.
IT STILL HOLDS UP, IT REALLY DUSKER AS SO MUCH OF YOUR WORK
DOES, YOU RECOMMEND SHOT A CAMIO AS MARTY McFLY FOR LIL' NASDAQ
X IN HIS-- LIL NAS X, FOR HIS MUSIC TRAILER, HOW DID DOES HE
GET IN TOUCH FOR THIS SORT OF THING.
>> HE-- MY KIDS WENT CRAZY, THEY ARE YOUNG ADULTS, THEY WENT
CRAZY, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.
IF NOTHING ELSE THIS YEAR, DO THIS AND I DID IT AND I HADN'T
MET LIL' NAS YET BUT THEY SHOT IT RIGHT THERE IN MY OFFICE AND
IT WAS GREAT.
>> YOU STARRED IN SO MANY ICONIC ROLES.
I RECENTLY CAUGHT ONE OF MY FAVORITES WAS THE SECRET OF MY
SUCCESS WHICH IF ANYONE HASN'T SEEN IT RECENTLY IT HOLDS UP SO
BRILLIANTLY.
IT REALLY DOES.
YOU ARE SO AMAZING IN THAT FILM.
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT MAKING THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS?
>> TRYING TO KEEP MY CLOTHES ON.
I WAS IN A POOL, OUT OF A POOL, I WAS IN MY UNDERWEAR.
I WAS GETTING DRESSED IN THE ELEVATOR.
THIS FIE CAME IN THE ELEVATOR DOOR AND THEY HAD THE DOOR OPEN,
THE WOMAN WAS STANDING THERE.
AND HE WAS GOING LIKE THIS YOU KNOW.
AND IT WAS LESS THAN IMPRESSIVE BUT.
>> James: IT IS SUCH A BRILLIANT FILM.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR BOOK, YOUR MEMO, NO TIME LIKE THE FUTURE,
AN OPT NIS-- OPTIMIST CONSIDERS POR TALLITY.
IT IS SUCH A BRILLIANT BOOK.
AS ARE THE OTHER BOOKS YOU HAVE WRITTEN.
YOU TALK IN THEK ABOUT A SECOND RETIREMENT.
DO YOU THINK YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE A DONE WITH ACTING NOW?
>> I'M NOT UPSET ABOUT IT BUT THE THING WAS IT IS OKAY, IF
THAT IS THE LAST THING I DO.
I YOU CAN'T-- I DIDN'T FEEL THAT WAY, I FELT LIKE-- I DO IT-- NOT
SO MUCH BECAUSE OF THE BEING PERFECT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU
ARE ALWAYS BEING PULLED AT BY SOMETHING.
BUT I LOVE ACTING.
I HAD GREAT TIME DOING IT.
AND I'M HAPPY TO DO IT.
>> James: WELL, I HOPE SO MUCH THEY DO.
THE BOOK IS SO BRILLIANT BRILLIANT, YOU REALLY SHARED
PERSONAL MOMENTS AND SHARE IT IN ONLY A WAY THAT YOU CAN.
AND I'M SO PLEASED THAT YOU ARE SHARING THIS AS YOU CALL IT THIS
CRANKY BOOK WITH US.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING A THING ON THE SHOW CALLED "LATE, LATE
SHOW" AND TELL WHERE WE ASK OUR GUESTS IF THEY WOULD SHARE
SOMETHING WITH US FROM THEIR HOME THAT WE MAY OTHERWISE NEVER
GET TO SEE.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US THIS
EVENING?
>> YEAH, I WILL TWO THINGS, YO PICK ONE, ONE IS AN OLD CLASSIC
AND ONE IS A-- .
>> James: OKAY.
>> THIS ONE.
MY GRAMMY FOR BEST SPOKEN WORD, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD-- I
THOUGHT I WOULD WIN THE NONEL PEACE PRIZE BUT NOT A GRAMMY.
I FEEL SILLY THAT I HAVE ONE.
PEOPLE WORK THEIR WHOLE LIFE DON'T HAVE ONE AND I WROTE READ
SOME WORDS I WROTE, BUT I WILL TAKE IT.
>> James: ABSOLUTELY WE'LL TAKE IT.
ABSOLUTELY WE'LL IT TAKE IT.
>> .
>> >> James: LOOK AT THAT.
>> YOU HAVEN'T AGED A DAY, MICHAEL.
>> ONE DAY WITH THE WHITE HAIR.
>> James: I WISH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT, REGGIE,
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR GUEST THIS EVENING?
>> Reggie: YES, TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO MICHAEL J FOX.
>> James: OKAY.
>> Reggie: DO YOU WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEONE WHO IS HAVING
DEFICIT DECIDING BETWEEN TWO THINGS THEY THINK ARE EQUALLY
GOOD.
>> WHAT WOULD I SAY TO THEM, I WOULD SAY JUST GO DOWN HILL.
>> James: SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
>> TWO HALVES OF TWO GOOD THINGS IS GREAT.
>> James: IT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT