Jane fonda always had a good bum, At 77, actress Jane Fonda looks as hot as ever. The star of the new Netflix series Grace and Frankie reveals in a new interview with W magazine that it's no accident.
She recalled a day on the set of the Oscar-winning On Golden Pond when her famously headstrong co-star Katharine Hepburn pinched her cheeks and asked, "What do you want this to mean?”
"It was 1981, and I didn’t know what she was talking about,” Fonda says. “Back then, I didn't give my looks a fare-thee-well, and that bothered Katharine. She said to me, 'This is what you present to the world. What do you want it to say about you?' Her question has been lodged in my psyche ever since. I now think what Katharine meant was awareness of a persona. She wanted me to consider how I wanted to be seen. Now I pay attention to how I present myself to the world. I realize that it matters."
For instance, Fonda handpicked one of her recent notable looks, the gorgeous emerald green jumpsuit she sported at this year's Grammys. "I suppose I've always known what I like on my body," Fonda says. "I took one look at that Balmain jumpsuit, and I said, 'That's it!' I'm best when I'm wearing something structured, with no frills or bows. Something that will show my waist and bum, because I've always had a good bum."The aerobics guru's arms are a different story and "only come out during candlelight on a very dark evening," she claims. (Anyone believe they're really that bad? Anyone?)As she has done in previous interviews, Fonda confirms that she has gone under the knife to improve her appearance. “I did have plastic surgery. I'm not proud of the fact that I've had it," she confesses. "But I grew up so defined by my looks. I was taught to think that if I wanted to be loved, I had to be thin and pretty. That leads to a lot of trouble."
Still, Fonda says she has made it her mission to "give a cultural face to older women." Even though she admits that being so closely watched for her wardrobe choices is not a natural fit.
"Truthfully, my relationship to fashion has always been strained," explains Fonda, who now lives with her record producer boyfriend Richard Perry in L.A. "When I was starting out as an actress in New York, I worked as a model because I needed to pay for acting classes. But I didn't have what it took to be a model. I hated all the emphasis on how I looked, and I never paid much attention to clothes."
That last part has certainly changed today.
"I think it's a hoot that, at my age, people are calling me a fashion icon," she laughs.
Guess she'd better get used to it.
Read Fonda's full interview in the June/July issue of W magazine, on newsstands June 2.
She recalled a day on the set of the Oscar-winning On Golden Pond when her famously headstrong co-star Katharine Hepburn pinched her cheeks and asked, "What do you want this to mean?”
"It was 1981, and I didn’t know what she was talking about,” Fonda says. “Back then, I didn't give my looks a fare-thee-well, and that bothered Katharine. She said to me, 'This is what you present to the world. What do you want it to say about you?' Her question has been lodged in my psyche ever since. I now think what Katharine meant was awareness of a persona. She wanted me to consider how I wanted to be seen. Now I pay attention to how I present myself to the world. I realize that it matters."
For instance, Fonda handpicked one of her recent notable looks, the gorgeous emerald green jumpsuit she sported at this year's Grammys. "I suppose I've always known what I like on my body," Fonda says. "I took one look at that Balmain jumpsuit, and I said, 'That's it!' I'm best when I'm wearing something structured, with no frills or bows. Something that will show my waist and bum, because I've always had a good bum."The aerobics guru's arms are a different story and "only come out during candlelight on a very dark evening," she claims. (Anyone believe they're really that bad? Anyone?)As she has done in previous interviews, Fonda confirms that she has gone under the knife to improve her appearance. “I did have plastic surgery. I'm not proud of the fact that I've had it," she confesses. "But I grew up so defined by my looks. I was taught to think that if I wanted to be loved, I had to be thin and pretty. That leads to a lot of trouble."
Still, Fonda says she has made it her mission to "give a cultural face to older women." Even though she admits that being so closely watched for her wardrobe choices is not a natural fit.
"Truthfully, my relationship to fashion has always been strained," explains Fonda, who now lives with her record producer boyfriend Richard Perry in L.A. "When I was starting out as an actress in New York, I worked as a model because I needed to pay for acting classes. But I didn't have what it took to be a model. I hated all the emphasis on how I looked, and I never paid much attention to clothes."
That last part has certainly changed today.
"I think it's a hoot that, at my age, people are calling me a fashion icon," she laughs.
Guess she'd better get used to it.
Read Fonda's full interview in the June/July issue of W magazine, on newsstands June 2.
Blogger Comment
Facebook Comment