My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath,' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day. — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We're supposed to be complete and whole, and you can't be whole if you're trying to be perfect. Doing… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
Shortly after I turned 50, both Ted Turner and the AARP came into my life. The only difference? With AARP, there were benefits. — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
Women are rising. And I think that's all the violence and war - it could be the last gasp of the patriarchy, actually. — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
I don't know if a country (America) where the people are so ignorant of reality and of history, if you can call that a… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
To do life right, you have to feel like you're growing up until the day you die. The thing I'm proudest of is that… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
So I grew up feeling that I wasn't good enough, and that no-one would love me unless I was perfect. But no-one's perfect, we're not meant to be perfect. We're meant to be complete. But it's hard to be complete if you're trying to be perfect, so you kind of become disembodied. And I spent a lot of my life… — Jane Fonda Copy Share
Female listeners are leaving traditional talk radio because of the rough-edged, shouting nature of it. — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
The most important thing to do as you age is to stay physically active. Lots of people just throw in the towel if they… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
“I spent most of my time floating on an inflatable raft in the pristine Mediterranean waters, my big belly curving toward the sun, reading (incongruously) The Autobiography of Malcolm X. It rocked me to my core. Malcolm’s story opened a window onto a reality I had ignored. But the greatest revelation the book brought me was the possibility of profound… — Jane Fonda Copy Share
Christ was the first feminist and because of that I've learned from his teaching to call myself a Christian feminist, adding that her faith… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
