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Jane Fonda delivers fiery speech accepting SAG’s lifetime achievement award: ‘Empathy shouldn’t be weak or woke’
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Jane Fonda delivers fiery speech accepting SAG’s lifetime achievement award: ‘Empathy shouldn’t be weak or woke’

Last updated: February 24, 2025 7:50 am
Editorial Board Published February 24, 2025
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Jane Fonda turned the sixtieth recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s highest tribute, the SAG Life Achievement Award for profession achievements and humanitarian accomplishments, and took the chance to ship an impassioned speech that was clearly a name for resistance in opposition to the Trump administration.

The actor, whose work spans over six many years, fittingly used her acceptance speech at Sunday night time’s SAG Awards as an opportunity to talk her thoughts on the significance of political activism, empathy, unions and resistance. Fonda’s activism and fervour for social justice have been hallmarks of her profession.

“Make no mistake, empathy is not weak or woke. And by the way, ‘woke’ just means you give a damn about other people,” Fonda mentioned, after thanking her friends for the award.

“A whole lot of people are going to be really hurt by what is happening, what is coming our way,” she continued. “And even if they’re of a different political persuasion, we need to call upon our empathy and not judge, but listen from our hearts and welcome them into our tent, because we are going to need a big tent to resist, successfully, what’s coming at us.”

After noting that her movie profession began on the finish of McCarthyism and the Crimson Scare, Fonda emphasised the necessity for the Hollywood neighborhood to struggle for what they consider in. “This is big-time serious, folks, so let’s be brave,” she mentioned.

“We must not isolate. We must stay in community. We must help the vulnerable. We must find ways to project an inspiring vision of the future,” she added.

Fonda has been nominated for 4 SAG Awards however has by no means received. She was nominated as part of the forged of “The Butler” in 2014 and individually for her efficiency in “Grace and Frankie” for 3 consecutive years starting in 2017.

Fonda’s activism within the Seventies made her a polarizing determine, notably for her involvement within the anti-Vietnam Struggle motion. She stays devoted to elevating consciousness for causes she finds essential, like local weather change, which has been her focus for the previous a number of years. Fonda has additionally been vocal about her disagreements with President Trump’s insurance policies previously. Throughout her speech, she didn’t straight handle the president or any of his administration’s particular insurance policies or actions, however its intent was clear.

Fonda additionally mentioned she was a “big believer in unions,” as she acknowledged and thanked the SAG-AFTRA union.

“They have our backs. They bring us into community and they give us power,” Fonda continued. “Community means power, and this is really important right now when workers’ power is being attacked and community is being weakened.”

When Fonda was introduced as this 12 months’s recipient in October, she mentioned in a press release that she was “honored and humbled” to obtain the award. “I have been working in this industry for almost the entirety of my life and there’s no honor like the one bestowed on you by your peers,” she continued.

Fonda, 87, has obtained two Oscars, an Emmy, seven Golden Globes and several other lifetime achievement awards, together with the distinguished Cecil B. DeMille Award on the Golden Globes in 2021.

The daughter of Henry Fonda and sister of Peter Fonda, the “Klute” star received her begin when she was 22 in “Tall Story,” and went on to headline a number of notable movies together with “Barbarella,” “Coming Home,” “9 to 5” and “The China Syndrome.”

Fonda joins a distinguished group of actors who’ve obtained the award, together with Barbra Streisand, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Carol Burnett.

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