Michael J. Fox Says ‘We Used to Bust Our Ass’ to Be Famous and ‘You Had to Be Talented,’ but Now It’s: ‘What’s That Dance Step? And You’re the Famous Person in the World’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Michael J. Fox says the celebrities who became famous during the 1980s were much “tougher” than the ones rising the ranks of stardom now thanks to social media.
Fox become of the most popular stars of Hollywood during that decade thanks to the sitcom “Family Ties” and his role as Marty McFly in the “Back to the Future” movies. “There’s an expression I referred 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,’” Fox told People magazine. “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.” When asked by People if being famous in the 1980s was “harder” than it is now, Fox replied: “Well, you had to be talented.
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