Michael J. Fox painotti, että 1980-luvulla näyttelijällä tuli olla lahjakkuutta

Michael J. Foxin ura näyttelijänä päättyi ennenaikaisesti, kun miehellä todettiin jo varsin nuorena Parkinsonin tauti. Viimeisen 20 vuoden aikana Fox on näytellyt vain silloin tällöin. Silloin 1980-luvulla hän oli kuitenkin niitä kuumimpia nimiä, ja tätä aikaa näyttelijä itsekin tuntuu kaipaavan.

Peoplen haastattelussa Fox pohti eroja olla kuuluisa 1980-luvulla ja olla kuuluisa nyt 2020-luvulla. Nykyisin kuuluisaksi voi tulla paljon helpommin sosiaalisen median avulla, kun ennen tarvittiin oikeasti lahjakkuutta.

"There's an expression I referenced to when they gave me an honorary Academy Award - somebody said to me the day before, they were talking about getting this award and being famous and they said 'You're '80s famous.' I thought, 'Wow, that's cool.' '80s famous. Right, we were different. We were tougher. We didn't have social media, we didn't have any of that crap. We were just famous. Left to our own resources. And it was an amazing time."

"Well, you had to be talented. That helped. We used to bust our ass, our acting muscles and watch other actors and sit around with other actors and talk about acting and talk about it. And now you've got people who just go like, 'Who's your sweater? What's your sweater you're wearing? And what's that dance step?' And you're the most famous person in the world."