We’re not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.
JANE FONDAWe’re not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.
JANE FONDAThe challenge is not to be perfect. It’s to be whole.
JANE FONDAWomen are rising. And I think that’s all the violence and war – it could be the last gasp of the patriarchy, actually.
JANE FONDAI think the Internet and technology in general has changed everything. We can see it overseas even more with the Arab Spring and so forth.
JANE FONDAEnjoyable does not necessarily mean easy.
JANE FONDAWe 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.
JANE FONDAIf our work is stimulating and rewarding, if it pushes us to grow…we become more valuable human beings.
JANE FONDAIf the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.
JANE FONDAMy greatest asset is that I am constantly changing.
JANE FONDAThink 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 FONDAThe people who did you wrong or who didn’t quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.
JANE FONDALook what scares you in the face and try to understand it. Empathy is revolutionary.
JANE FONDAI thought I had learned how to have an intimate relationship. And I thought I’d learned how to be happy. Everybody has issues. For me, the challenge is intimacy, but I really didn’t start to get that until I turned 60.
JANE FONDAEat only when you are hungry-not because it is one o’clock or seven o’clock or whatever.
JANE FONDAPhysical fitness is a three-legged stool: strength, aerobic capacity, and flexibility.
JANE FONDASex and intimacy are not the same: You can have sex all your life and never be intimate with a person. There has to be empathy in the relationship. You have to enjoy seeing through their eyes. When you’re with them, you’re there and not thinking about what you’re gonna do tomorrow.
JANE FONDA