Jane Fonda Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.”
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“We all, in fact, carry so many people inside us; the only difference is that actors get paid for it, and we sort of spruce it up a bit.”
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“To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.”
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“Female listeners are leaving traditional talk radio because of the rough-edged, shouting nature of it. Women want more light and less heat.”
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“Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. And always strive to be more interested than interesting.”
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“Think of anger as a muscle. The way you express anger isn't the way that I do, or you. If you have a good director, you will find that he's getting you to use an entirely different muscle that you never even knew you had - it's real hard and sore, then after a while it becomes normal. And you discover all these new muscles when you enter a new character - that's what a director does for you.”
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“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.”
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“One of the wonderful things about being an actor is that every director is different.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“We are not meant to be perfect; we are meant to be whole”
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“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.”
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“The glow and energy of the healthy woman is the ultimate beauty, the only beauty that will last.”
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“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?”
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“We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.”
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“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.”
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“But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.”
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“I knew that my newfound activism and feminism was going to improve my acting, because I was seeing things not just in very narrow, individual, kind of Freudian terms, but seeing them in a much broader, societal way that was going to deepen and enrich my talent.”
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“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.”
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“We need women friends, women who challenge us. I have chosen not to have any more plastic surgery. Sally Field and I have kind of made a pact about that. It's really hard, especially if you're a public person. But I want to give a face to aging.”
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“One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.”
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“Good enough is good enough. We're not supposed to be perfect. We're supposed to be complete.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Everyone should know that feeling of overcoming fear and mastering something. People who aren't taught that become soggy.”
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“What I learned is, we have to listen to each other, even when we don't agree, even when we think we hate each other. We have to listen to each others narratives. Not interrupt defensively, or with hostility, but really try to open our hearts and listen with empathy. I learned so much from that meeting. It was a very difficult thing to do and it was one of the best things that I ever did in my life. Look what scares you in the face, and try to understand it. Empathy, I have learned, is revolutionary.”
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“Movies are collective, cooperative endeavours, which I like a lot. But writing is all up to you, it's what's so scary; it's just you and that page. But I really like it a lot.”
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“Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the community around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel you have made a positive difference.”
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“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.”
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“When I'm in Canada, I feel this is what the world should be like.”
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