Jane Fonda

I have people in my life who will say, 'Honey, you're trying too hard.' I like being saucy, but I'm 73 and a half. I'm still trying to find my way between matronly and coltishness.

Through therapy and a lot of thinking and writing my memoirs, I've been able to use my life as a lesson.

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

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

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.

I don't want my wrinkles taken away - I don't want to look like everyone else.

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...

The most important thing to do as you age is to stay physically active. Lots of people just throw in the towel if they can't do what they used to do, and that's terrible.

My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath,' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry...

I feel like when I was an adolescent, and felt so unworthy of love and so empty, I moved outside of myself.