Jane Fonda Quotes
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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.
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It's hard for women at my age in Hollywood, but I'm not discouraged.
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I'm an assistant storyteller. It's like being a waiter or a gas-station attendant, but I'm waiting on six million people a week, if I'm lucky.
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We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the old metaphor: You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude.
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When I was at the age when you were supposed to be glamorous if you were a movie star, I wasn't.
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I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.
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I love mistakes because it's the only way you learn.
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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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The people who did you wrong or who didn't quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.
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This has gone on far too long, this spreading of lies about me! None of it is true. NONE OF IT! I love my country. I have never done anything to hurt my country or the men and women who have fought and continue to fight for us. I do not understand what the far right stands to gain by continuing with these myths.
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When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.
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The trick is to be Zen about it. Winning is sometimes not the prize
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The institution of marriage is obsolete
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The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.
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My love life is wonderful.
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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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It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.
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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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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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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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If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.
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One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.
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I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone.
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I don't think there's ever been such a clear choice between radicalism and moderation. I mean, we are dealing with a radical ideologue here.