At 85, Jane Fonda assures her: this chapter of her life is “the happiest [that she has] ever known”.
On May 3, the actress opened up to
People
magazine about her growing personal growth as time goes by, saying on the magazine's cover that "life gets better with age."
The Grace and Frankie
star
believes that getting older helps you identify what really matters in life.
"A bad thing happens, and you think, 'Well, it's happened before, and I'm fine. I'll get over it,'" she told the magazine.
You know what is important.
I spent a lot of time like a canoe without a paddle, carried by the current.
As I got older, I learned that I had to put an oar in the water and steer.”
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Resilience and strength
Jane Fonda has the wisdom of one who has lived through hardships.
"There have been tragedies and difficult things in my life," she told the magazine.
But I never succumbed to it.
I've been resilient all my life."
Last year, the Oscar-winning actress underwent chemotherapy to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system which she announced she had suffered in September 2022. In December, she indicated that she was in remission on her Instagram account.
During her youth, the actress of
Barbarella
(1968) also struggled with eating disorders, suffering from “a severe form of bulimia”.
In February, then invited to the podcast
Call Her Daddy
for the promotion of her film
80 for Brady
(2023), she confided in this subject, claiming to have refused to ask for help: “I saw that at the time as an admission of weakness".
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Jane Fonda is on the poster for the comedy
Book club: the next chapter
, in theaters in France in August 2023. The director, Bill Holderman, describes her as "a force", quotes
People
.
During filming in Italy, he reports that the actress was up at 6 a.m. when most of the actors were asleep on their day off.
Jane Fonda had gone to explore the city.
"She came back and said, 'I just walked 11,000 steps!'" he said.
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The actress is still just as militant.
Very committed to environmental issues, she initiated the “Fire Drill Fridays” movement in 2020 and came to demonstrate every Friday in front of the headquarters of the American Congress to alert public opinion and the government to the climate emergency.
Actions that earned him five stays in police custody.
She is also more than ever committed to women's rights.
The actress describes today a simple and serene daily life.
When she's not working, she enjoys spending time with her three grandchildren and hiking, "that's my thing and it relieves me," she tells
People
.
