Jane Fonda reveals she feels 'younger and healthier' at age 87 than she did in her 20s and refuses to accept acting roles as the 'kooky grandmother'

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Jane Fonda has made the incredible claim that she feels better at age 87 than she did even in her 20s.
The Hollywood legend reveals she refuses to play the 'kooky grandmother, or the dying mother with dementia' in her acting roles as she feels as vibrant as ever.
'People have so many stereotypes of older people. I'm 87, and I feel younger and healthier and a greater sense of well-being than I had in my 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s' she tells the Daily Telegraph.
Fonda added that she feels the work she is offered these days often 'isn't worthy' of her.
'I'm 87, I don't feel done yet. Roles that I'm offered are really sad' she told the publication.
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'They are not worthy of my six decades of being in this industry'.
She added: 'I'm happy... I think one of the greatest things that we can attain is a robust sense of well-being, of happiness.'
The acclaimed actress and activist recently dished about how she's been able to maintain her fabulous figure through the years.
'I don't feel like an old person. I'm much younger than I was when I was in my 20s, in all the ways that matter,' the two-time Academy Award winner said, after revealing that she still works out with a trainer every day.
Fonda was recently promoting sneaker brand Golden Goose's 25th anniversary, and starred in the new 'Born to be a Super-Star' campaign video.
During a conversation with the The New York Times, she elaborated about her exercise routines, personal style and thoughts on ageing, all the while sharing about her fondness for the sneaker brand.
'So it never occurred to me with this campaign, "Oh, God, isn't this great. They're using an old woman"' she added when shifting her focus back to her collaboration with Golden Goose.
'But now that I think about it, it is cool. I like that.'
The iconic Barbarella star also opened up about her famous exercise routines, confessing: 'I essentially do everything I used to do, just slower.'
'I used to be a runner, but now I love walking,' she said, before adding, 'I love being outdoors in the woods, especially up and down hills.'
Fonda has worked as an actress that spans several genres and over six decades in film and television.
She also made a splash as the star of the famed Jane Fonda's Workout video in 1982.
The original in the series was the first non-theatrical home video release to top sales charts.
In all, Fonda sold 17 million exercise videos in the 1982–1995 series, which has been considered a massive financial success.
In fact, it spawned a number of imitators while helping spark the boom for women's exercise classes, en route to making a name for the ladies in the then male-dominated fitness industry.
'I had no idea my videos were going to become such a phenomenon,' Fonda told People.
'When I was starting out, there weren't many rigorous forms of exercise available to women. I learned the basic workout from a charismatic teacher named Leni Kasden in the '70s.'
Fonda began her rapid rise to fame as an actress with the romantic comedy film Tall Story (1960), and led to such famed roles in Barbarella (1968), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1970), Klute (1972), Julia (1977), Fun With Dick And Jane (1977).
She also starred in Coming Home (1978), The Electric Horseman (1979), The China Syndrome (1980), 9 to 5 (1980), On Golden Pond (1982) and The Morning After (1986).
After a 15 year hiatus from acting she has since starred in Monster-in-Law (2005), Youth (2015), and Our Souls at Night (2017).
Additionally she has appeared in such popular series as The Newsroom (2012-2014) and Grace And Frankie (2015-2022).