393 Quotes by Jane Fonda

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.

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.

Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don’t want my kids to make.

I vowed I wouldn’t get married until someone gave me one good reason to. No one ever did – but I got married anyway.

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

I don’t like the word ‘calculated’ because it sounds pejorative. Intentional. Intentional is better, I think. Wild in passion and intentional in expression.

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

Getting fit is a political act – you are taking charge of your life.

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.