Jane Fonda Quotes

"Working in Hollywood does give one a certain expertise in the field of prostitution."

"I was terrified when I turned 30. I was pregnant and had the mumps and Faye Dunaway was just coming out in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). I thought, `Oh my God, I`ll never work again. I`m old!`"

"Acting with (Laurence) Harvey is like acting by yourself - only worse." - Jane Fonda on her 1962 film Walk on the Wild Side

"It hurt so many soldiers. It galvanised such hostility. It was the most horrible thing I could possibly have done. It was just thoughtless." (expressing regret at her support for the Viet Cong)

"I`m a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can`t challenge the man I`m with if means I`m going to end up alone."

I`m an assistant storyteller. It`s like being a waiter or a gas-station attendant, but I`m waiting on six million people a week, if I`m lucky.

My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won`t complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her.

If you`re ever in a situation where you`re not getting served or you can`t get what you need, just cry.

A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring.

To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.

I don`t think there`s anything more important than making peace before it`s too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent.

If you understood what Communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees that one day we would become Communist. (speaking to students at the University of Michigan in 1970)

A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming.

Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don`t want my kids to make.

I, a Socialist, think we should strive toward a Socialist society, all the way to Communism.

It`s never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.

I would have given up acting in a minute. I didn`t like how it set me apart from other people.

The image of Jane Fonda, Barbarella, Henry Fonda`s daughter ... sitting on an enemy aircraft gun (in North Vietnam) was a betrayal...The largest lapse of judgment that I can even imagine.

I don`t want my wrinkles taken away - I don`t want to look like everyone else.

It`s hard to imagine a happy ending to the US-led war in Iraq. What`s it going to mean for stability as a nation, for terrorism, for the economy I can`t imagine. I think the entire world is going to be united against us.

(accepting her father`s Oscar for On Golden Pond): "I`ll bet when he heard it just now he said `Hey ain`t I lucky?` As if luck had anything to do with it."

People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it`s not easy at all; we`re used to hiding behind masks.

When I start down a path that I know is the right path, I go with all of me.

I wanted to do a tour like I did during the Vietnam War, a tour of the country. But then Cindy Sheehan filled in the gap, and she is better at this than I am. I carry too much baggage.

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.

A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. That disgusts me.

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

When you can`t remember why you`re hurt, that`s when you`re healed.

Ted (Turner) needs someone to be there 100 percent of the time. He thinks that`s love. It`s not love. It`s babysitting.

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

Ted needs someone to be there 100% of the time. He thinks that`s love. It`s not love - it`s babysitting.