The 267+ Jane Fonda Quotes

If I Can Change, Anybody Can Change.

I Left Acting For 15 Years, And I Think It's Really Nice To Have Another Life. I Took Too Much For Granted When I Was Younger. I Didn't Really Want To Be An Actor. I Didn't Really Love It. And So I Made A Lot Of Mistakes. Oddly, I Care Much More About It Now. I Feel Like A Complete Novice.

When I Was In My 40s Was I Simply Produced My Own Movies Because No One Offered Me Anything. But Certainly After 50 It's Hard For A Woman, Which Is Why Television Is Such A Welcoming Thing.

That's What We're All Doing: Paving The Way, Finding The Roles That Have The Complication Instead Of The One That's Always Got It Together Or The Dedicated Housewife Or The Wild One Who Smokes Cigarettes And Sleeps With Anybody.

"strong" To People Means "real." It Means You Believe That's A Person Who Exists, As Opposed To Some Two-dimensional Depiction Of Women.

What's Totally Terrifying Is That, Unlike A Musician Who Has A Musical Instrument, Or A Painter That's Got A Canvas And A Brush, Acting Is Us. Our Energy, Our Soul, Our Spirits. And It's So Hard Because It's So Vul­nerable. You're Exposing Everything.

I Don't Like The Word 'calculated' Because It Sounds Pejorative. Intentional. Intentional Is Better, I Think. Wild In Passion And Intentional In Expression.

Rituals Are Important. I Get Up. I Take The Dogs On A Walk Around To The Front And Then I Pick Up The Papers. Then I Walk Around To The Front Door, Then Me And The Two Dogs Come In The House And I Give Them Treats. I Make Coffee. It's The Regularity Of These Kinds Of Rituals That I Find Deeply Satisfying.

Through Therapy And A Lot Of Thinking And Writing My Memoirs, I've Been Able To Use My Life As A Lesson.

You Know, You're Only As Happy As Your Least Happy Child. So If Your Kids Aren't Okay, You're Not Good.

I'd Like To Think That I Have Integrity.

When You're An Older Woman [in A Movie] You Tend To Be In - How Did You Put It? You're The Brunt Of The Joke.