Quotes from Jane Fonda

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.

I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.

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

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.

Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. And always strive to be more interested than interesting.

What we view in the media - and who presents it to us - does so much to determine how we think, how we feel about ourselves, and how we view the world.

When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.

The most incredible beauty and the most satisfying way of life come from affirming your own uniqueness.

I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels.

The bond between a parent and child is the primary bond, the foundation for the rest of the child's life. The presence or absence of this bond determines much about the child's resiliency and what kind of adult they will grow up to be.

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.

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

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

I am able to talk about my life in a way that helps other women - and men, but mostly women - understand their own life. I feel real proud of that. And then the fact that my children are okay. You know, you're only as happy as your least happy child. So if your kids aren't okay, you're not good.

I think feminism is about the spirit.

Physical fitness is a three-legged stool: strength, aerobic capacity, and flexibility.

Good physical condition is protection. Our strength comes from our body.

The only thing I have never known is true intimacy with a man. I absolutely wanted to discover that before dying.

All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.

Declare a truce and accept food as a life-giving friend.

I was raised in the '50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered, frankly.

As I started getting older, I realized, 'I'm so happy!' I didn't expect this! I wasn't happy when I was young.

Feminism is not just about women; it's about letting all people lead fuller lives.

I am blessed beyond reason with women friends.