Jane Fonda Quotes & Sayings

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

Almost 100 years after women secured the right to vote in 1920 through the 19th Amendment, we still do not have equal rights under the Constitution. My question for the GOP candidates: Do you support the Equal Rights Amendment? — Jane Fonda

Eat only when you are hungry-not because it is one o'clock or seven o'clock or whatever. — Jane Fonda

In this country, the only way a minority can get anything done is to make a little noise. — Jane Fonda

The bravest soldiers aren't unafraid, but they're the ones who are able to harness their fear on behalf of courage. — Jane Fonda

Have you noticed how we are presented with the same lessons, over and over and over, before a tipping point is reached? The lessons we need to learn circle round us, closing in, until finally we are ready to take them in. Take them in. Those are the words that matter, because until I had embodied the lessons I was supposed to learn, absorbed them into the warp and woof of my being, they didn't "take"; they remained a head trip and didn't lead to changes in my behavior. — Jane Fonda

As is my way, when I start something that I've put off doing, I always start with the hardest form. So I started with Ashtanga. — Jane Fonda

I would think that if you understood what sex education is, you would get down on your knees and worship a condom. — Jane Fonda

I am able to talk about my life in a way that helps other women - and men, but mostly women - understand their own life. I feel real proud of that. And then the fact that my children are okay. You know, you're only as happy as your least happy child. So if your kids aren't okay, you're not good. — Jane Fonda

I'd like to think that I have integrity. — Jane Fonda

The secret of losing weight is patience. — 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

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

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 get hurt, it's very doable, and I've done it in ten-minute segments. — Jane Fonda

A lot of things affect women differently than men, and women get left out. — Jane Fonda

Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong. — Jane Fonda

When a child enters the world through you, it alters everything on a psychic, psychological and purely practical level. — Jane Fonda

In psychologist Marion Woodman's Leaving My Father's House I read: "When humans suffer they are vulnerable. Within this vulnerability lives the humility that allows flesh to soften into the sounds of the soul." Maybe this was what was happening to me. I felt lighter, as if a space had been cleared around me allowing coincidences (God's way of remaining anonymous) to manifest. Maybe these coincidences had been happening all along and I just hadn't been open to them. Now it was as though I were being led to them. — Jane Fonda

I remember saying goodbye to my father the night he left to join the Navy. He didn't have to. He was older than other servicemen and had a family to support but he wanted to be a part of the fight against fascism, not just make movies about it. I admired this about him. — Jane Fonda

Seven Guidelines For a Healthy Diet
1. Substitute low-fat foods for high-fat foods
2. Cut down on meat-eat low on the food chain
3. Avoid salty and sugary foods
4. Cut down on sugar
5. Emphasize whole grains
6. Beware of alcohol
7. Emphasize the Healthy Five:
Raw unsalted nuts and sesame seeds
Sprouted seeds such as soybeans
Fresh raw wheat bran and wheat germ
Yogurt and kefir
Fresh fruits and vegetables — Jane Fonda

Some people are surprised that the Republicans are waging a war on women, or that they voted against equal pay for women. I'm not surprised at all. In some ways, it may be a good thing. They're defending the patriarchy, which is a wounded beast! And wounded beasts are always dangerous. — Jane Fonda

The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me. — Jane Fonda

I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences. — Jane Fonda

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

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. — Jane Fonda

During my first few weeks in Hollywood, I was told that Jack Warner, the head of the studio, did not believe that a small-breasted woman could become a star. — Jane Fonda

I think what's happening in the world - there's nothing more dangerous than a wounded beast, and the patriarchy is wounded. — Jane Fonda

If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education. — Jane Fonda

Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. — Jane Fonda

If I can change, anybody can change. — Jane Fonda

I've worked really, really hard on myself to not be judgmental. — Jane Fonda

To make the revolution in the United States is a slow day by day job that requires patience and discipline. It is the only way to make it ... All I know is that despite the fact that I am one of the people who benefit from a capitalist society, I find that any system which exploits other people cannot and should not exist. — Jane Fonda

I am blessed beyond reason with women friends. — Jane Fonda

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them. — Jane Fonda

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. — 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

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. — Jane Fonda

When women have reclaimed their voices and men reclaimed their hearts, we won't be invading countries, we won't be feeling that we have the right to launch preemptive wars. — Jane Fonda

I would have given up acting in a minute. I didn't like how it set me apart from other people. — Jane Fonda

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

When I left the West Coast I was a liberal. When I landed in New York I was a revolutionary. — Jane Fonda

Find the balance between the calories you take in and the ones you burn up. — Jane Fonda

Declare a truce and accept food as a life-giving friend. — Jane Fonda

I am not a do-gooder. I am a revolutionary. A revolutionary woman. — Jane Fonda

The more you treat yourself positively, the less you'll want or need to be negative. — Jane Fonda

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

How would you like to have a father who keeps getting younger looking every year? Do you realize what that can do to a woman? — Jane Fonda

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation. — Jane Fonda

Mostly actors are progressive because we are accustomed to all the nuances of human life, whereas dictators just try to flatten it all out. So we usually try to stand up to dictators like, well, we won't mention names. — Jane Fonda

I like playing that character who brings love to people, who puts people in a place where they're apt to encounter love. — Jane Fonda

The absolute minimum for effective exercise is three times a week on alternate days for at least half an hour. — Jane Fonda

As I started getting older, I realized, 'I'm so happy!' I didn't expect this! I wasn't happy when I was young. — Jane Fonda

you can be different if u be u — Jane Fonda

Working in Hollywood does give one a certain expertise in the field of prostitution. — Jane Fonda

I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels. — Jane Fonda

"Strong" to people means "real." It means you believe that's a person who exists, as opposed to some two-dimensional depiction of women. — Jane Fonda

A big mirror to exercise in front of is essential. — Jane Fonda

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

You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for. — Jane Fonda

When food becomes the enemy, every time we lose the fight we not only gain weight, but lose our self-esteem as well. — Jane Fonda

Enjoyable does not necessarily mean easy. — Jane Fonda

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

I think feminism is about the spirit. — Jane Fonda

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 not meant to be perfect. We're meant to be complete. But it's hard to be complete if you're trying to be perfect, so you kind of become disembodied. And I spent a lot of my life that way.""And if you don't own your strength ... Women like me tend to always look over their shoulder to see who ... "Who's the leader? Who's the smart one?" Never thinking it might be ME. Took a long time for me to get over that. — 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

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. — Jane Fonda

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

Well, what is a relationship? It's about two people having tremendous weaknesses and vulnerabilities, like we all do, and one person being able to strengthen the other in their areas of vulnerability, and vice versa. You need each other. You complete each other, passion and romance aside. — Jane Fonda

I am still baffled by those who feel that criticizing America is unpatriotic, a view increasingly being adopted in the United States since 9/11 as an excuse to render suspect what has always been an American right. An active, brave, outspoken (and heard) citizenry is essential to a healthy democracy. — Jane Fonda

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. — Jane Fonda

Prostitutes are the inevitable product of a society that places ultimate importance on money, possessions, and competition. — Jane Fonda

When you know in your heart why you did something, and you feel and you know that in spite of all the controversy that it was right, doesn't matter. — 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'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. — 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

I think most of us have many personas inside us at the outset, but over time we lean to the one that is dominant and the others atrophy for lack of use. The difference with actors is that we are paid to become all the people inside us and to bring into us all the people we may have met along the way. Thus we remain instinctively aware of, unsettled by, curious about, empathetic toward, and eager to display all those potential beings we carry. Of all these, the empathy part is the most important and is, I believe, why actors - the good ones - tend to be open, progressive creatures: We are asked to get inside the skin of "other," to feel with "other," to understand "other." Being able to see from this "other" point of view gives actors compassion. — Jane Fonda

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 have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents. — Jane Fonda

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

My life is a stairway to heaven, not a 'decline into decrepitude. — Jane Fonda

I don't like the word 'calculated' because it sounds pejorative. Intentional. Intentional is better, I think. Wild in passion and intentional in expression. — Jane Fonda

If our work is stimulating and rewarding, if it pushes us to grow ... we become more valuable human beings. — Jane Fonda

I found that you're more powerful when talking from your soul. — Jane Fonda

I like to think both - it's not either/or. It's and. — Jane Fonda

Getting fit is a political act - you are taking charge of your life. — Jane Fonda

Studios weren't banging on my door to offer me parts ... And I thought, well how am I ever going to make movies that speak to my heart and to my values? — Jane Fonda

I think I look good for my age. I've always looked younger than I really am. I'm 67 and I look about, maybe 62 or something like that. And I think my healthy lifestyle has paid off. I suffer from osteoarthritis. That's genetic and there's nothing I can do about that, except to try and not jump up and down, but rather swim and bike, instead of jumping up and down. — Jane Fonda

The sex is better and I understand life better. I don't want to be young again. — Jane Fonda

If you allow yourself, you can become stronger in the very places that you've been broken. — Jane Fonda

I will go to my grave regretting the photograph of me in an anti-aircraft carrier [actually, it was in an anti-aircraft gun emplacement, not a carrier], which looks like I was trying to shoot at American planes. [Actually, that was her intention in posing for the photograph the way she did.] It hurt so many soldiers. It galvanized such hostility. It was the most horrible thing I could possibly have done. It was just thoughtless. — Jane Fonda

I think the entire world is going to be united against us. — Jane Fonda

The challenge is not to be perfect ... it's to be whole — Jane Fonda

We've got to establish a Socialist economic structure that will limit private profit-oriented businesses. Whether the transition is peaceful depends on the way our present governmental leaders react. We must commit our lives to this transition ... We should be very proud of our new breed of soldier. It's not organized but it's mutiny, and they have every right. — 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

The woman who respects the needs of her body will junk the junk food. — Jane Fonda

There are no shortcuts and no sweatless quickies. — Jane Fonda

We are not meant to be perfect; we are meant to be whole — Jane Fonda

Pragmatist that I am, I always meet necessity with enthusiasm. — Jane Fonda

Good physical condition is protection. Our strength comes from our body. — Jane Fonda