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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I find that arduous physical labor can jump-start my thought process.

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We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did.

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I'm not sure that I would have become a Christian if I had continued to live in Hollywood because the notion wouldn't have occurred to me.

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The '60s may be idealized in the movie from a cultural point of view, but the decade was all about discord and a big generational split that was very painful.

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I've been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that's something I'm constantly working on.

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I was a chameleon, the woman men wanted me to be.

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I was always a courageous woman, capable of confronting governments but not men.

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We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.

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I've done four videos for older people under my new brand, Prime Time, and the missing link was yoga. I'm aiming it for older people - people who have never worked out or who are recovering from a surgery and have to start slow. It's easy, you can't ...

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I lived in France during the '60s. I was there from the early '60s until 1970, so my view of the '60s is more global. It was a time of tremendous transition, not only for America but for the whole world.

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If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who ...

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You don't learn from successes; you don't learn from awards; you don't learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that's the truth.

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I never was a hippie! I went to India because so many friends like Mia Farrow and the Beatles were going there to discover truth. And so I went and trekked through India by myself, but instead of discovering truth, I wanted to join the Peace Corps.

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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 to try to move toward the parent.

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To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.

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My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her.

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I think the Internet and technology in general has changed everything. We can see it overseas even more with the Arab Spring and so forth.

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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.

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While not impossible, it is especially challenging for teenage parents to develop bonds with their children. A high percent of them were themselves children of teenage parents and have never experienced appropriate parenting.

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Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the community around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel ...

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I am blessed beyond reason with women friends.

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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