Jane Fonda Shares Why It's 'Great' Getting Older -- and You Should Take Notes (Exclusive)

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Jane Fonda encourages it. The Hollywood icon, whose 85th birthday is approaching in December, shared with ET's Rachel Smith why getting older is actually «great.»«I know this sounds strange, but it's great to get older.

I mean, obviously it beats the alternative, which is to die,» Fonda said. «It's so hard to be young. I mean, it's always been hard to be young -- it's even more hard now...

It's all like, 'Who am I supposed to be? What am I supposed to do? What kind of a job am I supposed to have? Where am I supposed to go with my life?

Why am I even here? Who should be my friends?'»According to Fonda, however, time shows you what's really worth the worry. «I was so old at 20,» she added. «I've worked hard along the way on myself -- the older I've gotten, the easier it's been.