Jane Fonda Says Being 'Closer to Death' Doesn't Bother Her
etonline.comJane Fonda isn't worried about growing older. Fonda stopped by to promote her Netflix series , where she gave her opinion on aging.«I'm super-conscious that I'm closer to death.
And it doesn't really bother me that much,» Fonda said.«What bothers me is that my body is, you know basically not mine!» she continued. «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.»It's a topic Fonda and her co-star, Lily Tomlin, broach on the series, which drops its final episodes April 29.«The fact is if you're alive and relatively healthy at an older — I mean, I'm almost 85,» Fonda shared. «The fact that I'm still alive and working, wow, who cares if I don't have my old joints?
And I can't ski or bike or run anymore? Enh. You know, you can be really old at 60, and you can be really young at 85. Health!»Tomlin spoke with Friday at her Hollywood Hand and Footprint Ceremony, where she gushed about her friendship with Fonda, something that she said «deepened» due to their time on -- which was recently crowned Netflix's longest running original series.«I love Jane from a long time ago.
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