Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda
Jane Fondais an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model and fitness guru. She is a two-time Academy Award winner and two time BAFTA Award winner. In 2014, she was the recipient of the American Film Institute AFI Life Achievement Award...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth21 December 1937
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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I don't want to make a cheap analysis, but when you have, like I did, a father incapable of showing emotion, who spends his life telling you that no one will love you if you aren't perfect, it leaves scars.
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I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.
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Feminism is not just about women; it's about letting all people lead fuller lives.
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I took every chance I could to meet with U.S. soldiers. I talked with them and read the books they gave me about the war. I decided I needed to return to my country and join with them - active duty soldiers and Vietnam Veterans in particular - to try and end the war.
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what the right wing has done to Sheehan is despicable.
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In my mind it takes a special kind of courage to risk your life in another country, for your own country. The men and women who came back and spoke out were a special kind of hero.
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If you dont have a parent or an adult, a teacher or a mentor really see you, really love you, 'Yes, there are things you do I dont like, but youre fantastic, youre good enough. I love you.' If that never happens to a child, the child assumes its her fault and tries to compensate for it,
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I don't know if a country where the people are so ignorant of reality and of history, if you can call that a free world.
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The reason why I left 15 years ago was because it was becoming agony for me, ... But I'm a very different person, so I wondered if it would be fun again. You know, why not?
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The only thing I have never known is true intimacy with a man. I absolutely wanted to discover that before dying.
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Yeah, but I can look at it now and laugh at it, and find it very charming,
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We can no longer waste time and money. Every day, more than 2,000 girls in America, age 15-19, give birth - in the wealthiest, most educated nation in the world! Neither you nor I should accept this statistic.
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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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My identity depended on men for so long. You can be successful and still have the feeling that if you're not with a man you don't exist.