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Peter Fonda

(1940–2019) Film Actor United States

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Peter Fonda was a film actor from the United States, best known for Don't Tell Dad.

Quick Facts About Peter Fonda

Born: February 23, 1940
Died: August 16, 2019
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: Don't Tell Dad
Known for: Easy Rider, Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Ulee's Gold, The Passion of Ayn Rand
Spouse: Susan Brewer

About Peter Fonda

Peter Henry Fonda was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He was twice an Academy Award nominee, both for acting and screenwriting, and a two-time Golden Globe Award winner for his acting. He was a member of the Fonda acting family, as the son of actor Henry Fonda, the brother of actress and activist Jane Fonda, and the father of actress Bridget Fonda.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Theatre World Award star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Peter Fonda

I love to direct my daughter, and act with her, and we both want to work with Jane again.

Children

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I've always internalized things

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You don't become the character

Character

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My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working

Ability

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Muslims want the whole world to be Muslim. Christians want the whole world to be Christian. Catholics, Protestants, Mormons. They're all the…

Catholic

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I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn't know who I was. They all thought of me as Henry Fonda's…

Father

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Regular chiropractic adjustments go hand in hand with good health.

Adjustment

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I want to die in the saddle. I love writing, producing, acting, directing

Acting

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I want to be on set and die hearing those words: Where's Peter?

Hearing

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My actual intake of different substances was far below what people thought it was, no matter how weird or outrageous they think…

Different

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Remember, Alan Greenspan was a member of Ayn Rand's collective. To understand this is to understand why we are doomed with the…

Collectives

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Lennon was not very fond of me. Lennon didn't like to be around somebody else who was likely to be the center…

Around

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People ask me from time to time what it was like growing up with Henry Fonda as my father. I say, Ever…

Ask me

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Every director is so different from every other one.

Cinema

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When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father.

Children

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I always seemed to disappoint them. They expected me to be different than Henry or exactly like Henry. I was neither.

Always

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LSD was designed for you to look inside yourself. Quite a liberating experience if you can pull it off.

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My sons named her Bridget because that way they always had their sister, Bridget, with them. People thought we were nuts because…

Dog

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The word courage - God, I love that word. Words are so important to me.

Courage

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I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.

Business

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Brando's a family friend. His mother gave my father a shot to be in a play at the Omaha Community Playhouse. That…

Brando

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We wanna’ be free! We wanna’ be free to do what we wanna’ do. We wanna’ be free to ride. We wanna’…

Computers

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I thought LSD was an abused drug in that it was never meant for a person to drop and then go walking…

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Remember, Alan Greenspan was a member of Ayn Rand's collePeoples will be as before, the sheep sent to the slaughterhouses or to…

Federal reserve

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I was named Beekeeper of the Year by the Florida State Beekeeping Association.

Association

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