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Scorsese has been married to Morris — a former book editor and TV producer — since 1999, and the two share daughter Francesca. Taking the stage to accept his honor, Fox joked, “I’ll turn into a pumpkin in about five minutes so I’m trying to beat that,” and recalled first meeting Davis Guggenheim, the director of his new documentaryfilm. Guggenheim had read Fox’s books and told him, “I want what you have.” “I have Parkinson’s,” quipped Fox as remembered the two discussed art, acting and family.
“I’d had a couple of people ask me before to do my life’s story and they were crying before they got to me,” Fox continued, “but Davis got it. This is my life, and I have so many great things in my life,” mentioning his wife Tracy Pollan and family. “I don’t have a weepy, sad life. This thing happened that really sucked, but it put me in the position to do other things that were effective and perhaps made things better.
Former collaborators Richard Kind, Alan Ruck and Connie Britton also shared video messages in support of Fox, and the evening additionally recognized