Jane Fonda is a force to be reckoned with. The actress and businesswoman started her acting career when she was in her early twenties. Over the years, the actress has made a name for herself and has been known for various roles.
More recently, her role in the Netflix series Grace and Frankie has put her on the radar again. In an interview to promote her show, she revealed some details about her life currently… keep reading to learn more.
On her latest show Grace and Frankie, Jane Fonda plays the role of Grace Hanson, a cosmetic mogul who is seldom with a martini in her hand. But in real life, Fonda revealed that she is keeping her distance from the famed cocktail or any kind of alcohol for that matter.
The reason for her quitting alcohol is simple as the actress puts it, “And here’s why: It’s because even with one drink, like, if I had a martini tonight, I would be at half-mast tomorrow,” Fonda explained. “Now, that wasn’t true when I was younger. But as you get older, I think alcohol affects you differently. And I only have so many tomorrows left. I don’t want to be at half-mast for any of them!”
The actress is often candid about the realities of life and how she acknowledges that each day she is closer to her death. “I’m super-conscious that I’m closer to death. And it doesn’t really bother me that much,” she said. “What bothers me is that my body is basically not mine! My knees are not mine, my hips are not mine, my shoulder’s not mine. You’re looking at somebody who’s only me from here up.”
But she is grateful for her health, the actress said, “The fact is, if you’re alive and relatively healthy at an older age — I mean, I’m almost 85. The fact that I’m still alive and working, wow, who cares if I don’t have my old joints?” She added, “And I can’t ski or bike or run anymore? Eh. You know, you can be really old at 60, and you can be really young at 85. Health!”
In her eighties, the actress has a wonderful legacy behind her. She has always been active in her civic engagements. In fact, the main reason she made her famed fitness tapes was to fund civic causes she cared about. In her lifetime, the actress sold 17 million copies of her tapes which helped raised money for various charities. Her Gace and Frankie co-star and friend Lily Tomlin attest to this fact saying, “She gives all her money away. I mean, [her] jacket: I’ve seen this at least 10 times!”
“I thought, Well, maybe I should start a company that will fund what we’re trying to do. And I had a very smart friend who said, ‘Never go into a business that you don’t understand.’ But there was one thing I knew, which was exercise,” the actress shares.
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