Fearless and Fit
Jane Fonda
Acting Ageless
COURTESY OF TOYOTA; FRANCOIS MORI/AP PHOTO; MINDY SMALL/GETTY IMAGES
Jane Fonda has lived such
a full life, she’s written two
books to tell about it. Six
years after the release of
her autobiography, the actress–activist–fitness guru
has completed Prime Time:
Love, Health, Sex, Fitness,
Friendship, Spirit…Making
the Most of All of Your Life.
The book underscores
Fonda’s commitment to longevity and reinvention. She’s
also still working to help others shape themselves; in December, Fonda, 73, will bring
out a pair of exercise DVDs
geared to the over- 50 crowd.
Q: In Prime Time you write that
people can expect to be happier
at 80 than at 20. How have you
become happier over time?
I know what matters and what I
can let go of, so I’m lighter. I have
the long, backward perspective
that older people can possess:
“Been there, done that,
survived it.”
CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP CEN TER: FIROOZ ZAHEDI/ TRUNK ARCHIVE;
Q: Your discussion of sexuality
in your book is quite explicit.
Why did you go there? I’m inter-
ested in sex—and older people
can enjoy it as much
or more than when they
were young. I wanted to
find out—and write about—
the things that can be done
to remain sensual and
sexual into old age.
Q: You call for
a “revolution”
to achieve fair
treatment for
older people.
How can we accomplish this?
By being aware of deserving it and
working together in a concerted,
organized manner to change things.
Q: Will you ever give up your role as
exercise guru? I never say never,
but having learned how funda-
mentally important it is for boom-
ers and seniors to stay physically
active, I am motivated to create
products that are geared to help-
ing us do so safely. —Meg Grant
GROWING UP
“I’m still a work
in progress.”
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AWESOME
Venza
Toyota’s latest stereotype-
busting TV ad campaign
rocks. While the millennials
are at home bemoaning
their sedentary ’rents,
those boomers are en
route to a mountain-bike
trailhead, in their Venza.
Nicola
Formichetti
The 34-year-old stylist
for Lady Gaga recently
kvetched to Elle, “I think
old people should just
be old and go away. It’s
not about being in the
industry for 10 years
anymore; it’s about good
ideas.” Perhaps he should
tell that to Ralph Lauren,
71; Giorgio Armani, 77;
and Anna Wintour, 61.
AGEIST
“I don’t have anything to worry about now,” says country-pop star Glen Campbell, 75, referring to the upside of memory loss relat- ed to his recent diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. In August the multiple Grammy winner released what he says will be his last album, Ghost on the Canvas. He’s performing a farewell tour this fall, singing poignant new songs including “A Better Place.” (“I need the ones I love, Lord/More and more ach day.”) He credits his wife, Kim, whom he married in 1982, for keeping him buoyed. “There’s a verse in the Bible: ‘Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing.’ And I found it. How’s that for a blessing?” —Alanna Nash Fighting Alzheimer’s Glen Campbell The Long Good-bye
ENCORE!
“I try to give
’em every lick
I know.”
READY FOR
PRIME TIME
Hear Jane Fonda talk about how she’s living and loving her
third act, in an exclusive interview at aarp.org/janefonda.
