Eric Dane's final thoughts in Netflix's 'Famous Last Words': 'I was absolutely more than enough'

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Eric Dane said he first shut down emotionally at just 7 years old, when navigating his father’s sudden death from a gunshot wound in a bathroom at his family’s home.It wasn’t until his diagnosis with ALS decades later that the seasoned actor felt his own spirit return, Dane said in an interview released Friday on Netflix.

The actor died Thursday at 53 following a public battle with the disease.The nearly hour-long interview, filmed in November, is part of the docuseries “Famous Last Words,” which features posthumous interviews with notable figures — the first centered on conservationist Jane Goodall and released two days after her death.The actor spoke candidly about his debilitating disease, saying it “made me a little bit softer, a little bit more open.” The intimate conversation was conducted by television producer Brad Falchuk, who executive produces “Famous Last Words.” Entertainment & Arts Actor Eric Dane, best known for wooing ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ audiences as plastic surgeon Dr.

Mark ‘McSteamy’ Sloan, died after a public battle with ALS.He was 53.“All I’m left with is me,” Dane said.

“It’s kind of a f— up way of realizing that you were enough the whole time, when everything gets taken away and all you have left is this person.”In the episode, Dane’s speech is noticeably slurred, and he sits in a motorized wheelchair while speaking to Falchuk.He’s thoughtful and responsive throughout as he reflects on his life and career, which spanned more than three decades.“I didn’t think this was gonna be the end of the road for me.

This was never part of the story I created for myself,” Dane said.The actor described himself as a complainer during the interview, adding that he’s “always historically been the guy that would b— and moan on his way to doing anything, but my spirit has been surprisingly pretty buoyant throug...