Henry Fonda Quotes

• No one could have nicer sisters. No sibling problems there.

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• My whole damn family was nice. I don’t think I’ve imagined it. It’s true. Maybe it has to do with being brought up as Christian Scientists. Half of my relatives were Readers or Practitioners in the church.

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• My thinking was scrambled when Sullivan and I separated. Something happened to me that had never happend before. I couldn’t cope. It was heartbreak time. I thought it was the end of the world.

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• It has to do with the fact that Ford, for all his greatness, is an Irish egomaniac, as anyone who knows him will say.

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• I’ve been close to Bette Davis for thirty-eight years – and I have the cigarette burns to prove it.

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• I’d just as soon not get into a discussion about Jane and her politics. I’d just as soon stick to what we’re here for, the picture.

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• I must have had faith that day. When I went out, I was Henry Fonda again. An unemployed actor but a man.

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• I found myself facing a Christian Science Reading Room. My God! It had been eight years. There had never been any renunciation of religion on my part, but like so many people, it was a gradual fading away.

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• I don’t know what was in his mind, but I do know Ford was stricken by what he had done, by hitting me.

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• Ford didn’t know what to do with Mister Roberts that wasn’t repeating what was successful in New York. He was trying to do things to the play that would be his in the film.

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• For me, college wasn’t a breeze. I had 8 o’clock classes, I worked from 3 to 11 at the Settlement House. On weekends, if Northwestern Bell needed me, I’d troubleshoot for them, and I had a steady girl. God!

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• Money is like an arm or leg – use it or lose it.

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• The best actors do not let the wheels show.

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Henry Fonda (13)

Birth:	16th May, 1905
Death:	12th August, 1982
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor

About

Henry Jaynes Fonda was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA. He was an American actor. His role in several films include: The Grapes of Wrath(nominated-Academy Awards for best actor), The Ox-Bow Incident, Mister Roberts, 12 Angry Men(won BAFTA Awards for best actor), On Golden Pond(won Academy Award for Best Actor), The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, The Moon's Our Home, Wings of the Morning, You Only Live Once, and Jezebel.

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