My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her. — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
How would you like to have a father who keeps getting younger looking every year? Do you realize what that can do… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
While not impossible, it is especially challenging for teenage parents to develop bonds with their children. A high percent of them were… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
I was raised in the '50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered. — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
I was raised in the '50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered, frankly. — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
I don't want to make a cheap analysis, but when you have, like I did, a father incapable of showing emotion, who… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
A mother who is obsessing about being thin and dieting and exercising is not going to be a very good mother. — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
I remember saying goodbye to my father the night he left to join the Navy. He didn't have to. He was older… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
Emotionality is really easy for me. My father always said that Fondas can cry at a good steak. — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
When a significant other - a spouse, a parent or someone you're close to - is dying, it forces you to think… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
Parents are supposed to give the child back to herself with love. If they've got duct tape over their eyes because of… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
The bond between a parent and child is the primary bond, the foundation for the rest of the child's life. The presence… — 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… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
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… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
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
