Top 200 Jane Fonda Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “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

102. “I was in my mid-40s. I was a bulimic, and I realized if I continue with this addiction of mine, I will not be able to continue doing my life. The older you get the more damage it does; it takes longer to recover from a binge. And it was very hard.”

— Jane Fonda

103. “Women are not forgiven for ageing.”

— Jane Fonda

104. “I think what’s happening in the world – there’s nothing more dangerous than a wounded beast, and the patriarchy is wounded.”

— Jane Fonda

105. “When a child enters the world through you, it alters everything on a psychic, psychological and purely practical level.”

— Jane Fonda

106. “When you think you can’t do any more repetitions, do two more.”

— Jane Fonda

107. “A big mirror to exercise in front of is essential.”

— Jane Fonda

108. “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

109. “I was so devastated by my second divorce that I had a nervous breakdown.”

— Jane Fonda

110. “Drink water between meals instead of with them so that the digestive juices will not be diluted.”

— Jane Fonda

111. “The bravest soldiers aren’t unafraid, but they’re the ones who are able to harness their fear on behalf of courage.”

— Jane Fonda

112. “The skin is our body’s envelope, the wrapping that delivers us to the world. If we understand how the skin functions in mid-life and adjust goals and life-styles appropriately, we’ll be surprised how much better we can look.”

— Jane Fonda

113. “The woman who respects the needs of her body will junk the junk food.”

— Jane Fonda

114. “Namby-pamby little routines that don’t speed up your heartbeat and make you sweat aren’t worth your while.”

— Jane Fonda

115. “An exercise outfit helps because it sets this time apart from the rest of your day and makes it matter more.”

— Jane Fonda

116. “I confess. If the law had been appiled to me properly for what I did in Vietnam, I’d have been convicted for high treason.”

— Jane Fonda

117. “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

118. “I don’t want my wrinkles taken away – I don’t want to look like everyone else.”

— Jane Fonda

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

— Jane Fonda

120. “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

121. “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

122. “The vulnerability of opening your heart fully and deeply to another is terrifying, but at a point in my 50s, I realized that I had to step up to the plate.”

— Jane Fonda

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

— Jane Fonda

124. “We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did.”

— Jane Fonda

125. “Winning means some kind of approval of the Establishment which means people will more readily accept me, may be less frightened of me and other people who speak out.”

— Jane Fonda

126. “In this age of remote-controlled pushbutton war, we must all try very, very hard to remain human beings.”

— Jane Fonda

127. “I like to be wild in passion and calculated in expression! I’m both. I like to be wild in passion more. But I think the balance is what’s essential.”

— Jane Fonda

128. “A lot of things affect women differently than men, and women get left out.”

— Jane Fonda

129. “So much conspires to silence us – because our truths are inherently subversive.”

— Jane Fonda

130. “Reproductive freedom is a real danger for the patriarchy, because it means that women are empowered.”

— Jane Fonda

131. “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

132. “Seek women mentors. If you’re a businesswoman, look at the TEDx conferences. There’s a lot of businesswomen that speak on there. I find them extremely inspiring.”

— Jane Fonda

133. “I see many more men who are feminist, or at least who have learned about life in the context of feminism.”

— Jane Fonda

134. “Your goal should be to take your body and make it as healthy, strong, flexible and well-proportioned as you can.”

— Jane Fonda

135. “You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for.”

— Jane Fonda

136. “You must decrease the amount of food you eat and increase the amount of exercise you get. That is all there is to it.”

— Jane Fonda

137. “I hate to create cynicism about politicians. We just need to invade. Regular people need to run for office and keep their balls and ovaries intact.”

— Jane Fonda

138. “I don’t think it’s natural for two people to swear to be together for the rest of their lives.”

— Jane Fonda

139. “If you can intervene early in the lives of girls here and in other parts of the world, you can begin to change the prospects for the future.”

— Jane Fonda

140. “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.”

— Jane Fonda

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

— Jane Fonda

142. “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

143. “Women are rising. And I think that’s all the violence and war – it could be the last gasp of the patriarchy, actually.”

— Jane Fonda

144. “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.”

— Jane Fonda

145. “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.”

— Jane Fonda

146. “When I left the West Coast I was a liberal. When I landed in New York I was a revolutionary.”

— Jane Fonda

147. “While not impossible, it is especially challenging for teenage parents to develop bonds with their children. A high percent of them were themselves children of teenage parents and have never experienced appropriate parenting.”

— Jane Fonda

148. “Working in Hollywood does give one a certain expertise in the field of prostitution.”

— Jane Fonda

149. “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

150. “The harder you work out, the more you should stretch.”

— Jane Fonda