Jane Fonda accepts the 2014 AFI Life Achievement Award

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  • @thomasthompson6378
    @thomasthompson6378 4 роки тому +185

    "It's much more important to be interested than to be interesting." Profound words from a great actress.

    • @PochiLoca54
      @PochiLoca54 4 роки тому +7

      Great actress and exceptional human being!!!❤️

    • @Ludmillawings
      @Ludmillawings 3 роки тому +6

      That is soo true about everything in life. Keep asking questions!

  • @Davidlp70
    @Davidlp70 9 років тому +532

    Great speech. "It's much more important to be interested than to be interesting"

    • @anamartinez7769
      @anamartinez7769 9 років тому +11

      But she is Jane F*king Fonda and don' t ever forget it.

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 8 років тому +8

      I am taking that to the bank.

    • @mbblover
      @mbblover 8 років тому +17

      right up there with "it's nice to be important, but more important to be nice."

    • @marias7599
      @marias7599 6 років тому +5

      @@mbblover
      Actually what she said is what you just said but with different words. Looking always to be interesting makes you self-centered (selfish), but staying interested in life, in familly, in relationships, in your career etc makes you compasionate (nice).
      Greetings.

    • @sookymbo179
      @sookymbo179 6 років тому +1

      An Aussie actor asking advice from Meryl must have caught her on a bad day then as Jane Fonda wouldn't have said anything cold and superior. Public figures have to be so careful.

  • @dipanwitaghosh6132
    @dipanwitaghosh6132 10 років тому +172

    For a change somebody didnt get all sentimental and nostalgic on accepting lifetime achievement award and gave some real advice!!

  • @PhyllisMoon
    @PhyllisMoon 7 років тому +72

    Jane Fonda is a class act... always was & always will be. America's royalty. Thank you for all you have stood for & contributed to the world.

  • @polyprinz
    @polyprinz 5 років тому +5

    Always loved Ms. Fonda. So nice to see her brother, and her family there supporting her!!!

  • @PatriCoop
    @PatriCoop 7 років тому +143

    Love that she shouted out to Meryl. Jane Fonda is as classy on as she's offscreen! Congrats.

    • @mariasoto8600
      @mariasoto8600 6 років тому +2

      You get a car!
      I find you everywhere lol..
      By the way your pic is hilarious

    • @HelloKitty7337
      @HelloKitty7337 5 років тому

      She betrayed this country! Our men and boys and loyal Americans for the most part despise her.

    • @bernlin2000
      @bernlin2000 5 років тому +5

      Meryl's speech was incredible, and very loving.

    • @ericsneary5430
      @ericsneary5430 3 роки тому +1

      @@HelloKitty7337 LOL I love how Jane gets your panties in a wad

  • @aasthabisht3431
    @aasthabisht3431 5 років тому +41

    "It's much more important to be interested than interesting" wow

    • @MarCapa-ed5uv
      @MarCapa-ed5uv 10 місяців тому

      We always yearn what has interest in us.
      That’s why is important.
      Also, staying interested keeps you alive.

  • @Teezer44
    @Teezer44 9 років тому +47

    If the only acting she ever did on film was Klute, she would still be worthy of this award. Great performance.

  • @MrImiller07
    @MrImiller07 10 років тому +208

    Fonda is articulate, intelligent, very knowledgeable about all aspects of the movie business, and she is gracious towards her fans. She has made foolish mistakes in her youth regarding the manner in which she chose to represent her opposition to the Vietnam War, however, she has acknowledged this bad judgment and she has supported worthy causes over the years. Her film performances are exemplary, particularly in Klute and Julia.

    • @yvonne-1129
      @yvonne-1129 7 років тому

      ÖMrImiller07

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 5 років тому +5

      Well said. Also, she was great in Coming Home, They Shoot Horses Don't They, The China Syndrome, etc. She rarely gave a less than stellar performance in a role. A true actor.

    • @Dheeraj2502
      @Dheeraj2502 3 роки тому +1

      Opposing a war is foolish ? May be u r the foolish one

    • @scotturiah3498
      @scotturiah3498 3 роки тому

      i guess Im randomly asking but does any of you know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account..?
      I somehow forgot the login password. I would love any assistance you can give me.

    • @tuckerkai750
      @tuckerkai750 3 роки тому

      @Scott Uriah Instablaster :)

  • @aharper12
    @aharper12 8 років тому +39

    Great speech and that dress!!!!

  • @January.
    @January. 10 років тому +156

    National treasure. Jane Fonda is an intelligent, great looking woman with a great personality!

  • @timm55
    @timm55 9 років тому +15

    WOW in a room with all the greats. WOW!

  • @siddharthnaagar7028
    @siddharthnaagar7028 7 років тому +186

    You call her traitor , You call her a shame or You call her Hanoi Jane but she is without any doubt one of the finest and greatest Actress of all time and beyond that a great human being with a great heart

    • @flav2689
      @flav2689 6 років тому +6

      siddharth nagar Amen!

    • @dstorm7752
      @dstorm7752 5 років тому +4

      Yes, she was a good actress. But she was also a traitor, and in another era would not have been honored for that.

    • @dstorm7752
      @dstorm7752 5 років тому +4

      @@mikedowd66 No, she was not correct about Vietnam. She was not brave because the Left adored her for stabbing soldiers like us in the back. The Left adores her today, and in this video. Just today, the modern Left thinks the U.S. should continue to engage in regime-change wars (i.e., Korea, Vietnam, etc).

    • @wildflowers5555
      @wildflowers5555 Рік тому

      Jane Fonda getting a 'Life Time Achievement Award' for promoting every Globalist Communist Marxist Agenda she is paid to do. ( Boring, mediocre Acting at best.)

    • @LJ-ht4zs
      @LJ-ht4zs День тому

      @@dstorm7752 I never called her a traitor - she made a mistake when she was young and apologized for it! She now almost 86 I am almost 80.

  • @rickram1961
    @rickram1961 10 років тому +532

    You can hate me as much as you want but I'm going to say this anyway but Jane Fonda is one of the finest actresses of the 20th Century.

    • @jjjfuentes3
      @jjjfuentes3 10 років тому +35

      why would people hate you for that? hahah she's amazing

    • @MediaLover194
      @MediaLover194 9 років тому +4

      Because of the stuff she did during Vietnam.

    • @georgefoster1241
      @georgefoster1241 9 років тому +1

      MediaLover194 I watched Commie Jane in a movie Old Gringo and saw her kiss the old old man Gregory Peck wondering it must take a lot of money to do that. On reflection I figured she just imagined it was Ho Chi Minh.

    • @jordonlane6416
      @jordonlane6416 9 років тому +22

      +george fish *yawn*......let it go pal, that was over 40 years ago. Hate on someone recent. I know! Try a Bush!!

    • @forestkaatprescott8429
      @forestkaatprescott8429 9 років тому

      +Rick Mileske Totally agree with you.

  • @kingsleychen5222
    @kingsleychen5222 4 роки тому +4

    We all love you Jane.

  • @evaandersson4304
    @evaandersson4304 3 роки тому +4

    Great speech,Jane! It's more important to be interested than interesting!

  • @JohnJohn-ec5bu
    @JohnJohn-ec5bu 2 роки тому +1

    She's a great actress, humanitarian and not to mention....she's stunning

  • @RobertDeMartin
    @RobertDeMartin 9 місяців тому +2

    Thanks, Jane, for always telling us the truth and living a life which has produced lots of goodness in the world. It is now 2024 and I know you are still going strong. You probably don't remember but I said hello to you in 1959 at Palisades Amusement Park in Fort Lee, NJ. You were accompanied by it looked like two bodyguards and when I was next to you, for only a second or two, I walked away realizing that I had just seen the most beautiful woman I had ever seen in my life. And that feeling has never left me.
    Be well. ❤

  • @JefersonSantos-bt1ef
    @JefersonSantos-bt1ef 6 років тому +6

    I think this is one of my favorites speeches of all times. We don't have this from anyone, such humbleness and praise to the stillness of learning! Love Jane Fonda more than ever now

  • @sabrinacaldas4375
    @sabrinacaldas4375 7 років тому +48

    I absolutely love this video. Specially the way Jane points out to Meryl beeing the only one to ask this kind of question, it only confirms how humble Streep has always been. Gotta love this woman.

  • @timm55
    @timm55 9 років тому +26

    Everyone is old now. Jane is fucking beautiful; always!

  • @eliassmith8760
    @eliassmith8760 8 років тому +27

    she is a living legend , I like her intelligence and her indurance through the years , she's been around for a long time Jane fonda!! since the sixtees and movies like THE CHASE, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, THEY SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY? my favorite THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN and THE MORNING AFTER, richly deserving of a lifeteime achievement award !!!!! I hope next one would ROBERT REDFORD He deserves it in equale measure , THEY started out together so to speak !!!??

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 5 років тому +2

      Glad to see someone mentioning The Chase. A very underrated film. Brando was awesome in it, too.

    • @LJ-ht4zs
      @LJ-ht4zs День тому

      One of my favorite movies Jane Fonda starred in "Klute" I think she won an Academy Award for Best Actress.

  • @johnflynn9619
    @johnflynn9619 4 роки тому +3

    I Will Always Love Fonda.
    She is Great.

  • @princessjulia5646
    @princessjulia5646 7 років тому +13

    I absolutely agree Jane Fonda is indeed a fine lady and wonderful actress.

  • @Tadzio5050
    @Tadzio5050 10 років тому +14

    Long long overdue!

  • @ricconstituantabrogatoirei4999
    @ricconstituantabrogatoirei4999 10 років тому +5

    Jane, je viens de regarder une interview que vous aviez donné sur une TV française dans les années 2000, et je souhaite vous féliciter pour votre engagement militant, votre élégance, courage, et humour ainsi que votre parfait français. Je vous embrasse.
    Jane, votre enthousiasme et dynamisme et beauté c'est vraiment le super classe!!!
    LOVE FROM FRANCE

  • @aldiacarlos3147
    @aldiacarlos3147 10 років тому +46

    even jane fonda acknowledged the "greatness" of meryl streep.wow.

  • @CharmySi
    @CharmySi 9 років тому +37

    Damn that gorgeous Dress.....stunning Lady at such an age!!!

  • @nautika1
    @nautika1 4 роки тому +3

    Such a beauty in this age respect

  • @sam199213
    @sam199213 5 років тому +4

    They could not stop clapping ❤️❤️

  • @janismoher9206
    @janismoher9206 4 роки тому +3

    Love the way her daughters gazed up adoringly at her :) So sweet!

    • @LJ-ht4zs
      @LJ-ht4zs День тому

      Also her brother - Peter. All three Fondas won Academy Awards. Of course, I felt that the father's was long overdue.

  • @claytondefreitas9521
    @claytondefreitas9521 5 років тому +5

    Thank you Jane for that speech

  • @anahid8284
    @anahid8284 6 років тому +2

    Amazing. Look at her glowing. Her speech was beautiful as well “it’s much more important to be interested than interesting.”

  • @GoxBoy
    @GoxBoy 5 років тому +6

    What a great advace Jane. "it's much more important to be interested then to be interesting". i'll try to live by that

    • @krystalmacleod6901
      @krystalmacleod6901 4 роки тому

      Good Job Jane Thank you for your Respect Class And Friendship With Sally Field

  • @generaleyuricesar3420
    @generaleyuricesar3420 4 роки тому +3

    Wow! She is classy, intelligent, talented, humble woman..... i ❤️ you Jane

  • @valhalla1240
    @valhalla1240 8 років тому +44

    what I love most about this speech is that it seems to come from the heart. Yes, there are big words... but more importantly, there is truth speaking out of her eyes

  • @richardnogalez8772
    @richardnogalez8772 2 роки тому +1

    What a Great speech!Love Jane Fonda!♥️

  • @carolb9524
    @carolb9524 6 років тому +6

    Love her last line "Stay interested!" She is a wonderful actress, and I enjoy her performances very much. Well-deserved.

  • @hdhd8602
    @hdhd8602 5 років тому +5

    I just love her! She is my idol ..!!!!

  • @davidp4043
    @davidp4043 6 років тому +4

    Loved her and her dad in on golden pond.

  • @Marinette007
    @Marinette007 3 роки тому +2

    Since I remember, I have loved and admired Jane Fonda and Meryl Streep. I am a bit younger than Jane and a bit older than Meryl. Both of them are -in my opinion- the best actresses of our time. They both are so articulate, intelligent, generous, strong, beautiful and a true class act. Love you Jane, love you Meryl!
    The world now needs more women like YOU BOTH!!

  • @Ms.Elvis.
    @Ms.Elvis. 7 років тому +3

    I admire this woman so much. Jane Fonda is a great actress and woman.

  • @ricconstituantabrogatoirei4999
    @ricconstituantabrogatoirei4999 10 років тому +4

    merveille des merveilles : 'il est plus important d'être intéressé que d'être intéressant" Sublime de sagesse, je partage votre point de vue.
    God bless you Jane.

  • @inaj27
    @inaj27 7 років тому +2

    Beautiful! and a True Artist in her craft!

  • @MsWaggydog
    @MsWaggydog 9 років тому +16

    Great speech. 👏

  • @modarXmodar
    @modarXmodar 6 років тому +2

    I adore Jane Fonda. A woman like no other.

  • @mdillow31
    @mdillow31 7 років тому +35

    Jane Fonda is the one of the best actresses of our time. I met her in Atlanta raising money for AIDS. Not only is she dedicated at her craft but she is also a caring and generous person that wants to make life better for those that are in need. As she says, "It's much more important to be interested than to be interesting." I truly applaud her.

  • @samkabatt
    @samkabatt 10 місяців тому +1

    Always a fine actor, great woman, humanitarian, and a powerhouse of causes. 😊

  • @MykelLinden
    @MykelLinden 5 років тому +3

    The part that gets me the most is the fact that Jane Fonda's the only AFI recipient I've seen of whom the applause for her continued several seconds into her speech.

  • @ravichanana3148
    @ravichanana3148 4 місяці тому

    "To be interested than to be interesting"---- very nice quote. I also say similarly---keep in the learning mode---.

  • @judyonzen
    @judyonzen 7 років тому +3

    I love JANE for her great gen...great energy STILL...taken care of herself...wellbeing...had not let Hollywood damaged her...a strong woman who can live long enough to inspire others!! 🙌👏👍🙏🎉 Happy new year Jane!!

  • @christopherjhunvallez5742
    @christopherjhunvallez5742 5 років тому +8

    "ASK QUESTIONS "...
    -Jane Fonda

  • @frankpeter6851
    @frankpeter6851 7 років тому +9

    I sure would like to have seen a film of stanwick, davis and fonda having dinner and discussing film acting.

  • @Jonasftw
    @Jonasftw 7 років тому +18

    Whether she wants to or not, Meryl Streep is mentioned during any award being given out. As it should be! (PS: Jane Fonda is a goddess too.)

    • @KevinSW
      @KevinSW 2 роки тому +1

      Well Meryl did do a speech there. Meryls first film was with Meryl and she opened a lot of doors for Meryl after that film

  • @missrose5261
    @missrose5261 8 років тому +17

    Beautiful, intelligent women.

  • @rooramblingon895
    @rooramblingon895 3 роки тому +1

    This woman...this ICON...was actually nervous doing her speech!!!? Amazing.
    Plus seriously, she is still so beautiful and HOT, but wears her age with incredible dignity and youth. One in the eye of the young people who arrogantly assume they'll live forever!
    She probably will....
    And Meryl...OMG Meryl!!!! It's damn obvious why that lady is so brilliant. It's in her face in every shot.

  • @edglebennett6312
    @edglebennett6312 7 років тому +14

    I love Jane Fonda!!!!! She is proof that with exercise you can look stunning into your 80's

  • @arunphillips6977
    @arunphillips6977 5 років тому +13

    Great woman, great actress, truly a legend and an inspiration to all actors. Jane we love you!

  • @morganolfursson2560
    @morganolfursson2560 4 роки тому +3

    What a voice.

  • @MissBK22
    @MissBK22 4 роки тому +3

    Jane Fonda stil looks amazing x I mean wow

  • @steev0510
    @steev0510 6 років тому +2

    I absolutely LOVE this woman!!

  • @halgreen733
    @halgreen733 7 років тому +4

    Jane Fonda is the best actress of all time i fell in love with her since i was a kid and saw cat ballou in the theatre

  • @debrazz3004
    @debrazz3004 8 років тому +3

    I love Jane Fonda how she speaks, thinks and is more interested. Fine ẃoman

  • @mariebdo2703
    @mariebdo2703 10 років тому +48

    So that was 25 years ago, right ? I am 22 and she looks better than me.
    Apart from that, this is one of the best AFI speeches I've seen. Some actors actually do care about their work. Everyone should be more interested than interesting.

    • @maryvaughan410
      @maryvaughan410 6 років тому

      She’s a traitor! Should have gone to prison for how she disrespected our soldiers! She’s a total disgrace!

    • @Bella_Mar
      @Bella_Mar 4 роки тому +1

      @@maryvaughan410 Get a life. Bet you also voted for draft dodgers...

    • @LJ-ht4zs
      @LJ-ht4zs День тому

      No, it was 11 years ago - she was 74 or 75 at that time.

  • @Dargyful
    @Dargyful 6 років тому +3

    Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous ❤️❤️❤️

  • @davorpavlovic948
    @davorpavlovic948 5 років тому +3

    Daughter of Henry Fonda must be amazing and glorious... just as he was... she is beautiful

  • @kennethjohnson7579
    @kennethjohnson7579 5 років тому +4

    Jane was so good in Klute I almost forgot her other films.

  • @chillid3146
    @chillid3146 6 років тому +1

    absolutely love her..beauty..talent and grace#graceandfrankieforthewin

  • @liagugushvili3017
    @liagugushvili3017 3 роки тому

    It was absolutely a great speech, I love Jane

  • @diegocool20
    @diegocool20 3 роки тому

    Wow, lots of great personalities there.

  • @businessfiles5497
    @businessfiles5497 7 років тому +1

    LOVE those two women! Equally so; Janes comment, "it's much more important to be interested, than interesting".

  • @germaineprien7691
    @germaineprien7691 6 років тому +3

    I'm not from any sort of acting family, my father wasn't famous like hers and I guess people tend to think that she's had this great life because of who her father was and the privilege this brought to her, but I tend to think she would have had just as interesting a life and successful because of her attitude and her strength, I have really loved most of her films, I do like her...

    • @LJ-ht4zs
      @LJ-ht4zs День тому

      She and her brother, Peter, had a tragic life. Unfortunately, their mother had mental issues and was institutionalized and she committed suicide there. The children did not know this till they were older - Jane read about it in a magazine. Their father told the children their mother left the family.

    • @LJ-ht4zs
      @LJ-ht4zs День тому

      I believe the Jane and Peter was then sent to a boarding school.

  • @FredPickett-q8z
    @FredPickett-q8z Місяць тому

    One of the best We ever had/Like Father/like Daughter.

  • @homehome7090
    @homehome7090 5 років тому +8

    I knew it was Meryl!! It had to be her! 😍

  • @marco6734
    @marco6734 7 років тому +44

    what an ineffable speech! "Being interested is much more important than being interesting." I just wrote down this quote/aphorism in my notebook. Thank you Jane Fonda and Merryl Streep.

  • @susandaniel7432
    @susandaniel7432 6 років тому +4

    I love love love her! And yes, this coming from a military kid. Love you Jane!

  • @Romantic_At_Heart
    @Romantic_At_Heart 8 років тому +37

    Great acceptance speech. I love how she gave back to Meryl Streep there.

  • @jeripruneda3293
    @jeripruneda3293 5 років тому +3

    So articulate and intelligent - love her!

  • @polyprinz
    @polyprinz 5 років тому +6

    Ms. Fonda is samazing. I also saw Diane Lane behind Meryl Streep in the audience....still so gorgeous!!!

  • @kristyscheide
    @kristyscheide Рік тому

    Love her so much ❤❤❤

  • @peaceloverock6959
    @peaceloverock6959 4 роки тому +2

    Jane Fonda is an American hero and deserve all the accolades to celebrate her!

  • @luminitsalemesianou1245
    @luminitsalemesianou1245 2 роки тому

    The most courageous woman in the world and very kind beautiful and soulful 💕🌹

  • @mizle6368
    @mizle6368 6 років тому

    What a graceful lady!

  • @LJ-ht4zs
    @LJ-ht4zs День тому

    I remember when Henry Fonda won an AFT award. Jane, Peter, his 2nd wife another child were there. Lucille Ball spoke - mentioning they did 2 pictures together The Big Street and Yours, Mine, and Ours - it was so funny, I was laughing as was the Fonda Family.

  • @isabellas.c.scanderbeg2670
    @isabellas.c.scanderbeg2670 7 років тому +2

    "Why didn't I ask all these questions? Now I say... Stay interested. It is much more important than stay interesting"

  • @aarongluzman
    @aarongluzman 10 років тому +7

    Touching...
    Images of a great force...
    Feels that magic of...
    Strong character...
    Discover...
    Her mystic soul...
    The woman is a phenomenon of woman strength....
    ©...Aronne

  • @generaleyuricesar3420
    @generaleyuricesar3420 4 роки тому +2

    Portrait of an intelligent full hearted woman, thank you @janefonda for your class

  • @dawonplott2561
    @dawonplott2561 6 років тому +6

    of course. meryl learned from the best.. more importantly took the time to learn

  • @josecandal9412
    @josecandal9412 5 років тому +7

    She has exactly the same face of his father, the GREAT Henry Fonda.

    • @LJ-ht4zs
      @LJ-ht4zs День тому

      Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, and Peter Fonda same face.

  • @LandaCrystal
    @LandaCrystal 5 років тому +2

    Such a great woman

  • @oscarfun100
    @oscarfun100 9 років тому +9

    I always thought she would've been the biggest competition for Meryl Streep if she didn't retire for 15 years or so. If she did only Klute and They Shoot Horses, Don't They, these 2 amazing performances alone would've been a remarkable achievement, but then Coming Home, On Golden Pond, The Morning After etc.
    So for me it's funny that she mentions Meryl in her speech. :)

  • @peterd.6579
    @peterd.6579 6 років тому +1

    I so admire this woman's character and conviction...and ability to self-reflect and, yes, take ownership of her shortcomings and missteps. Having said that, as beautiful as Jane Fonda is...Diane Lane (2:54) is just one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen.

  • @rhondafortson5205
    @rhondafortson5205 4 роки тому +2

    PROFOUND SPEECH..DYNAMIC!

  • @joycemansfield2819
    @joycemansfield2819 6 років тому +2

    love you jane Fonda, im a woman who admires so much about who are.

  • @raphtube75
    @raphtube75 5 років тому +12

    Great speech. I love she was nervous and she cared a damn about that. So genuine.

  • @tuainengametua9371
    @tuainengametua9371 8 років тому +5

    awesome speech right there

  • @Marinette007
    @Marinette007 3 роки тому +3

    P.S. YESSS, "Being interested is much more important than being interesting" You just nail it Jane!!

  • @boblowney
    @boblowney 3 роки тому +2

    fantastic person! but in her 4 minute speech she drops bette Davis Barbara stanwyck dad and Katherine Hepburn? what a national treasure she is.

  • @zohayazdani00
    @zohayazdani00 4 роки тому

    Love this woman but wish her speech wasn't so short

  • @arlichar11
    @arlichar11 10 років тому +16

    its shocking that sally field has not won this yet...her span of life s work is better than most people and some who have already recieved this honor

    • @thomasschmitz9894
      @thomasschmitz9894 8 років тому +2

      agreed!.. has anyone span and had such a monumental arc to their career then her? i mean from the flying nun and gidget to sybil to 2 academy awards and countless other great work!...

    • @arlichar11
      @arlichar11 8 років тому +3

      thomas schmitz i mean shes only been in some of the most iconic movies ever, and a few other really good movies where she shows her great diversity... i mean come on AFI get it together

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 5 років тому +1

      I totally agree! Sally is a magnificent actress and definitely deserves a lifetime nod. I always really liked her. Easy on the eyes, too. 😍