Quotes by Jane Fonda

About Jane Fonda:

Jane Fonda is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model and fitness guru. She is a two-time Academy Award winner. In 2014, she was the recipient of the American Film Institute AFI Life Achievement Award.
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Emotionality is really easy for me. My father always said that Fondas can cry at a good steak.

Jane Fonda

I love films that make you feel good when you come out and, in my opinion, there's not enough of them these days.

Jane Fonda

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 a life review helped me get over the disease t...

Jane Fonda

It's about time we make the well-being of our young people more important than ideology and politics. As a country, we benefit from investing in their future by investing in teen pregnancy prevention.

Jane Fonda

Think about it: Reducing crime and poverty and ensuring that we have an educated, stable work force has a direct effect on you and me and the future of our country.

Jane Fonda

I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.

Jane Fonda

The bond between a parent and child is the primary bond, the foundation for the rest of the child's life. The presence or absence of this bond determines much about the child's resiliency and what kind of adult they will grow up to be.

Jane Fonda

I don't want to make a cheap analysis, but when you have, like I did, a father incapable of showing emotion, who spends his life telling you that no one will love you if you aren't perfect, it leaves scars.

Jane Fonda

I have people in my life who will say, 'Honey, you're trying too hard.' I like being saucy, but I'm 73 and a half. I'm still trying to find my way between matronly and coltishness.

Jane Fonda

I was in my mid-40s. I was a bulimic, and I realized if I continue with this addiction of mine, I will not be able to continue doing my life. The older you get the more damage it does; it takes longer to recover from a binge. And it was very hard.

Jane Fonda

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

Jane Fonda

All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.

Jane Fonda

Through therapy and a lot of thinking and writing my memoirs, I've been able to use my life as a lesson.

Jane Fonda

My love life is wonderful.

Jane Fonda

I see many more men who are feminist, or at least who have learned about life in the context of feminism.

Jane Fonda

Parents are supposed to give the child back to herself with love. If they've got duct tape over their eyes because of narcissism, it doesn't happen.

Jane Fonda

Ted needs someone to be there 100% of the time. He thinks that's love. It's not love - it's babysitting.

Jane Fonda

I feel like when I was an adolescent, and felt so unworthy of love and so empty, I moved outside of myself.

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I always had a penchant for falling in love. Every time I found myself without a mate, I fell into a state of low-sizzling panic.

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I love mistakes because it's the only way you learn.

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Real love and intimacy can be much more possible when you're older.

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Author Bio

  • NameJane Fonda
  • DescriptionAmerican actress and activist
  • AliasesLady Jayne Seymour Fonda
  • BornDecember 21, 1937
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Actor; Writer
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Actress