Anna Daniels
As for Stoltz, he may have never become the massive star that Fox did after Back to the Future hit screens, but he has no regrets. He’s amassed a mile-long list of film and TV credits that includes memorable roles in flicks like Pulp Fiction, Jerry Maguire, The Butterfly Effect, and Her Smell. It’s a filmography of which any actor would be proud, and speaking with MovieHole in 2007, Stoltz said that he rarely dwells on what might have been.
“You know, it was twenty-something years ago and I rarely look back, if at all,” the actor said. “But in retrospect, I think just getting through that difficult period helped me realize how freeing it really was. I went back to acting school, I moved to Europe, I did some plays in New York and I actually invested in myself in a way that was much healthier for me. If I had become a massive star, I don’t know if I wouldn’t have gone into therapy.”
Stoltz did feel obliged, however, to add just one small caveat to that statement. “On the other hand, I would’ve been exceedingly rich,” he joked, “Which would’ve been wonderful.”
Written by: Looper
