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Jane Fonda Calls for Actors to “Resist” and “Project an Inspiring View of the Future” Amid Current Political Climate

The two-time Oscar winner, receiving the SAG Awards Life Achievement Award, spoke about the need for empathy and community, earning loud applause and cheers when she said, "Woke just means you give a damn about other people."

During her speech, Fonda looked back on her “really weird” acting career — including roles in Klute, Coming Home, Barbarella, 9 to 5, Grace and Frankie, Monster in Law, The Newsroom, 80 for Brady and Book Club and its sequel — and expressed support for the opportunities given to her onscreen. “Acting gave me a chance to play angry women with opinions,” she said of the early days of her career when having such a persona offscreen wasn’t seen as acceptable. And longtime friend Lily Tomlin, whom Fonda presented with the Life Achievement Award in 2017, added, “She saw so many things in the world and she said, ‘I can make them better.’ That was her mantra.

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