Jane Fonda Shares Why Hardships Make Life ‘Better’ With Age: ‘You Know What’s Important’
etcanada.comAt 85, Jane Fonda is the “happiest [she’s] ever been.” Despite life’s hardships, including last year’s health scare in which the actress underwent chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (she’s now in remission), Fonda has never let obstacles stop her from moving forward. “There’s been tragedy and hard things in my life.
But I’ve never succumbed to them,” she says in her cover story of People magazine. “I’ve been resilient all my life.” The “Grace and Frankie” alum shares that there’s many perks of getting older that make life “better,” but one that stands out is coming to realize what truly matters in life. READ MORE: Jane Fonda Opens Up About Her Decades-Long Struggle With Bulimia: ‘I Assumed I Wouldn’t Live Past 30’ “A bad thing happens, and you think, ‘Well, that’s happened before, and I’m fine.
I’ll get over it.’ You know what’s important,” she explains. “I spent a lot of time like a canoe with no paddle being carried in the current.
As I got older, I learned I’m going to put an oar in the water and steer.” That’s exactly how Fonda became known as a “force,” as Bill Holderman, the director of her upcoming movie “Book Club: The Next Chapter”, describes her.
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