Michael J Fox has already eked out four books of Hollywood memoir, so the justification for a fifth written with longtime collaborator Nelle Fortenberry ought to be good. It is: the subject of these 176 pages is a three-month period in 1985 when Fox was simultaneously shooting his breakout sitcom role in Family Ties and the career-defining American classic, Back to the Future. That's two more-than-full-time jobs for one little guy, necessitating that the then 23-year-old actor work 20-hour days, six days a week.
When I moved to Portland, Maine, from Boston in 2003 with my boyfriend, Craig, it was a pit stop, not a home. I had no desire to lay down roots. From as far back as I could remember, my dream was to head out to Hollywood and make a name for myself in the film industry. I even attended graduate school and received an MA in television/video production from Emerson College.