give up full-time acting
パーキンソン病の治療に専念するため、２０００年以降、芸能界の第一線から遠ざかっていたマイケル・J・フォックスが自らの闘病をモチーフにした新作コメディーでテレビ復帰するとのことです。
give up full-time actingは、まさに「第一線から遠ざかる」に相当します。一見なんでもないようなfull-timeですが、ここでは効いていますね。
彼のファンならず、同じ病魔と闘っている人々には朗報となりましょう。（UG）
Michael J Fox to make full-time TV return
Twelve years after giving up full-time acting to focus on fighting Parkinson's disease, Michael J Fox will star in a new TV comedy based on his illness.
The Back to the Future star will play a father of three dealing with the degenerative nervous system disorder.
NBC television called Fox "utterly relatable, optimistic, and in a class by himself".
In recent years, Fox gradually returned to TV with recurring roles in the likes of Boston Legal and The Good Wife.
However, the new 22-episode sitcom marks his first long-term commitment to a show since he left political comedy Spin City in 2000.
"I have no doubt that the character he will create - and the vivid family characters surrounding him - will be both instantly recognizable and hilarious," said NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt.
