393 Quotes by Jane Fonda

In my marriages, I’d lost parts of who I was because I was trying to mold myself into what I thought a man wanted me to be.

I had it in my head. I thought I had it in my heart – in my body – but I didn’t; not really. I couldn’t. It was too scary, like stepping off a cliff without knowing if there was a trampoline below. It meant doing life differently.

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.

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing ‘9 to 5’ was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it’s so rarely in the hands of women.

Nothing can change until we acknowledge what is, as I have learned over time.

The news is not gender-neutral, but it’s usually reported as though it’s gender-neutral.

I’d like to think that I have integrity.

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.

Teach girls to read and to work at something where they can bring home money – and the entire balance of power shifts.