On December 21, 2017, Jane Fonda celebrated her 80th birthday while still remaining active and working on new acting projects. But this wasn’t what the On Golden Pond actress thought will happen when she was 20 or 30 years old.
“If you had told me when I was 20 or 30 that I would actually still be acting, still active at 80 on a show like this, I would have said, ‘You’re out of your mind. There’s no way,'” said Fonda during her appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday. “No, I didn’t think I’d live this long. Every day I get up, and I want to pinch myself. I feel very blessed, but I’ve worked for it.”
The actress then proceeded on to explain exactly what she was thinking will happen to her when she was young.
“I thought I’d die lonely and probably from alcohol or something like that,” she explained. “The fact that I’m not an addict, and I’m 80 and I’m working—it’s just a miracle to me.”
You can check out below the full segment of The Ellen DeGeneres Show where Jane Fonda reveals how it feels to be 80.
Jane Fonda had a very successful acting career which started in the 1960s. She is best known for her works in movies like They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Walk on the Wild Side, Sunday in New York, Julia, and The China Syndrome. During her career, Fonda received numerous awards and honors including two Academy Awards in Best Actress category for 1971’s Klute and 1978’s Coming Home.
Fonda decided to retire from acting in 1991 and didn’t appear on screen for almost 15 years until making a comeback in 2005’s comedy Monster in Law. Most recently she starred in Bill Holderman’s romantic comedy Book Club and has a lead role in Netflix’s popular sitcom Grace and Frankie.
