9 Of Jane Fonda's Best Quotes About Life And Work Lessons

NBC via Getty Images Celebrate Jane Fonda's birthday with a roundup of her best insights from her life. And that’s the truth.” ―Flaunt Magazine, 2014 On the importance of paying attention “I think the best advice a mentor could have given me was, ‘Jane, you know you can say no if the script isn’t good.’ I was just so surprised anybody ever wanted me in anything! I’m proud of you because you will never settle for less than you think you can attain.” ―CBS News, “Jane Fonda’s Note To Self,” 2015 On collective power “This video clip has been circulating widely these last days and someone sent it to me. And I’m proud that I understood way back then that homophobia, misogyny, racism, climate change, and economic inequality are interrelated evils and so our movements must also be interrelated.” ―Jane Fonda on Instagram, 2020 On perfectionism “It’s a toxic desire to try to be perfect. Empathy, I have learned, is revolutionary.” ―Oprah Winfrey interview, 2013 On a better metaphor for aging “We’re still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch.