SHE IS A TWO-TIME ACADEMY AWARD WINNER, AN ACTIVIST, AND A

FITNESS ICON.

ON SUNDAY NIGHT, SHE RECEIVED THE CECIL B. DEMILLE AWARD AT

THE GOLDEN GLOBES.

PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," JANE FONDA!

JANE, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, STEPHEN, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU

AGAIN, I TOLD LILY TOMLIN TODAY THAT I WAS GOING TO BE ON YOUR

SHOW, SHE'S VERY JEALOUS.

THE LAST TWO TIMES I THINK I WAS ALWAYS ON YOUR SHOW WITH LILY.

>> Jon: >> Stephen: I LOVE HAVING YOU

BOTH ON, THANK YOU FOR BEING MERE AND THANK YOU FOR WEARING

YOUR REVOLUTIONARY BERET.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Stephen: LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE READY TO TAKE TO THE HILLS WITH

COULD MANNER MARS COULD.

NOW CONGRATULATIONS ON THE CECIL B DE MILL AWARD IT WAS LOVELY TO

SEE YOU GET.

IT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR SPEECH IN JUST A MOMENT BUT I

GOT TO ASK, WITH SOMEONE WITH SUCH A LONG AND STORIED CAREER

AS YOURS DO AWARDS MEAN ANYTHING TO JANE FONDA.

>> OH MY GOSH, YES.

ESPECIALLY, IT'S KIND OF MIRACULOUS FOR ME TO GET AWARDS.

YOU KNOW, I RETIRED FROM THE INDUSTRY FOR 15 YEARS.

TEN OF THOSE YEARS I WAS MARRIED TO TED TURNER AND YOU KNOW, YOU

CAN'T WORK AND BE MARRIED TO TED TURNER.

>> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO RAISE THE BUFFALO, THE

BUFFALO HERD TO LOOK AFTER.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THEN FIVE YEARS WRITING MY MEMOIRS.

AND I CAME BACK AT 65 WITH MONSTER IN LAW, YOU KNOW.

SO AND I'M ALMOST 84 NOW, SO THE FACT THAT I'M STILL WORKING AND

THAT I HAVE JUST WON THIS IS JUST TO ME MIRACULOUS.

>> Stephen: WELL, THE SPEECH WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL.

YOU TALKED ABOUT, FOR THOSE WHO HADN'T SEEN IT JANE SPOKE SO

ELOQUENTLY ABOUT LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING AND OUR COMMON

HUMANITY AND THE ROLE OF THE ARTS FOR REVEALING THAT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I ADMIRE ABOUT YOU IS THAT YOU DON'T JUST

TALK THE TALK, YOU HAVE WALKED THE WALK.

YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR YOUR ENTIRE CAREER.

WHAT DID THIS MOMENT IN TIME RIGHT NOW MEAN TO YOU AS SOMEONE

WHO HAS WORKED SO HARD TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

BECAUSE SO MANY THINGS ARE CHANGING RIGHT NOW.

>> I'M EXTREMELY HOPEFUL.

THE LAST FOUR YEAR VTION BEEN PAINFUL FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND VERY, VERY DISTURBING.

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME REALIZED THE EXTENT

TO WHICH WHITE SUPREMACY STILL IS ALIVE IN THIS COUNTRY, THE

EXTENT TO WHICH POLICE VIOLENCE IS HARMING BLACK PEOPLE.

AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS NOW WHO

ARE AWARE OF THE URGENCY OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND ALL OF THESE

THINGS ARE CONNECTED.

AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND SO I FEEL, I FEEL THAT WE'RE AT A PIVOTAL POINT IN HUMAN

HISTORY, WHEN PEOPLE ARE REALLY READY TO MAKE OUR ELECTED

OFFICIALS DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE AND ADDRESS ALL OF THESE

INTERSECTIONAL CRISES.

AND I THINK WE CAN DO IT.

>> WELL, ONE OF THE WAYS YOU HAVE BEEN WALKING THE WALK, WE

TALKED ABOUT THE LAST TIME WE WERE ON THE SHOW, IN 2019 YOU

STARTED SOMETHING CALLED FIRE DRILL FRIDAYS.

AND IT'S A MOVEMENT TO CONFRONT CLIMATED CHANGE AND OBVIOUSLY

WE'RE ALL IN COVID LOCKDOWN IN VARIOUS STATES OF STRIN

AGAINSTEE AND YOU KNOW, MUTUAL COOPERATION.

FIRST OF ALL HOW IS COVID BEEN FOR YOU?

LIKE HOW HAS THE ZOOM PROTESTING OR ZOOM INTERVIEWS, LIKE HOW

HAVE YOU ADAPTED TO THE ZOOM WORLD?

>> WE DO FIRE DRILL FRIDAYS IN FACT THIS IS OUR YEAR

ANNIVERSARY.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THEM EVERY FRIDAY FOR A YEAR.

DO YOU KNOW STEPHEN-- STEVEN WE HAD OVER 9 MILLION VIEWERS

ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS.

WE WERE WORRIED THAT WITH COVID PEOPLE WOULD STOP THINKING ABOUT

THE CLIMATE.

THEY DIDN'T.

AND THOUSANDS OF THEM TOOK ACTION APPROACHING THE

ELECTIONS, WRITING IN, CALLING ELECTED OFFICIALS, CALLING

VOTERS WHO SAT OUT THE LAST ELECTIONS.

AND MOST OF THEM HAD NEVER DONE IT BEFORE SO YOU KNOW, I'M

PRETTY JAZZED ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND

CONTINUE.

TOMORROW WE FOCUS ON THIS INCREDIBLE BILL IN WASHINGTON

RIGHT NOW, HR1 THAT WOULD GET DARK MONEY OUT OF POLITICS AND

YOU KNOW, EXPAND OUR VOTING RIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

JOHN, CONGRESSMAN JOHN SAR BAINS FROM MARYLAND WHO INTRODUCED HR1

IS GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR GUESTS.

AND I DON'T KNOW, I HOPE EVERYBODY CAN JOIN.

IT STARTS 11:00 WEST COAST TIME.

>> Stephen: HOW DO THEY JOIN IN, WHERE DO THEY GO TO FIND

OUT.

>> WELL, IT'S ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM BUT IT'S ALSO

FIRE DRILL FRIDAY, THE WEBSITE FIRE DRILL FRIDAY.COM.

THEY CAN WATCH IT THAT WAY.

>> Stephen: NOW ANOTHER THING GOING ON IS RELATED TO ONE OF

YOUR EARLIEST CAUSES WHICH IS PROTEST THE VIETNAM WAR.

YOU WERE AN ANTIWAR ROAD SHOW THAT WAS CAPTURED IN A 1972

DOCUMENTARY CALLED FTA AND IT'S BEING RE-RELEASED TOMORROW, IF

IT WAS CAPTURED IN 1972, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT

BEING RELEASED NO YOU?

>> WELL, I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE REALIZE THAT PARTICULARLY

STARTING IN 1-9D 68 THERE WAS A VERY ROBUST GI MOVEMENT.

A LOT OF SERVICEMEN, MOSTLY MEN, SOME WOMEN WERE OPPOSED TO THE

WAR OR QUESTIONING THE WAR.

AND THEY WERE STARTING TO ARGUE.

AND DR. HOWARD LEVY, HE WAS AN ARMY MEDIC SUGGESTED TO ME AND I

HAD JUST FINISHED MAKING CLOOT, DONALD SUTORLAND AND I WERE

TOGETHER AND HE SUGGESTED THAT WE PUT TOGETHER A SHOW TO KIND

OF COUNTER THE BOB HOPE SHOW THAT WAS VERY PROWAR AND

MISOGYNISTIC.

AND HE SAID CALL IT [BLEEP] THE ARMY.

AND BECAUSE THAT'S, THERE WAS A GI ANTIWAR NEWSPAPER CALLED THE

FTA.

SO WE TOOK THAT NAME, WE GOT A GROUP OF PERFORMERS TOGETHER.

AND WE TRAVELED IN THE FALL AND WINTER OF 1971.

HAWAII, THE PHILIPPINES, OKINAWA AND JAPAN AFTER WE TOURED THE

UNITED STATES.

AND PERFORMED FOR OVER 60,000 SERVICE MEMBER.

AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FED THIS MYTH THAT THERE WAS THE

ANTIWAR MOVEMENT AND THEN THERE WERE THE GI'S AND THEY HATED

EACH OTHER.

WHICH WAS TOTALLY NOT TRUE.

JUST LOOKING OUT AT SEAS, THE SEA OF FACES OF THESE SOLDIERS

LAUGHING AND APPLAUDING AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, ENJOYING THE

FACT THAT WE ARE WERE THERE.

IT WAS THRILLING.

OKAY SO IT OPENED, PLAYED A WEEK AT A MOVIE THEATER IN NEW YORK,

AND DISAPPEARED.

THIS WAS DURING THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION.

GONE.

WELL, A COPY WAS FOUND AND IT WAS-- .

>> Stephen: WAIT A SECOND, NOT JUST PULLED FROM THE THEATER,

LITERALLY THE PRINT DISAPPEARED.

>> JUST DISAPPEARED.

AND A COPY WAS FOUND AND THE WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION CALLED

INDIE COLLECT RESTORED IT.

AND IT'S BEING RELEASED TOMORROW IN KENO MARQUEE VIRTUAL SIN HE

MAS ONLINE.

>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE, DO YOU-- WHAT ARE WE GOING

TO SEE?

>> WELL, MICHAEL WAS ONE OF OUR ACTORS AND HE AND I DID A SKIT

THAT HE PLAYED NIXON AND I PLAYED PAT.

AND WE WERE IT SORT OF SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE WE WERE IN THAT PARTICULAR CLIP.

PROBABLY OKINAWA.

>> Stephen: IT SAYS OKINAWA HERE, I THINK.

ARE YOU PERFORMING FOR SOLDIERS HERE?

>> OH YEAH, UH-HUH, ALWAYS FOR SOLDIERS.

>> MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS A TERRIBLE DEMONSTRATION GOING ON

OUTSIDE.

>> OH, THERE'S ALWAYS A DEMONSTRATION GOING ON OUTSIDE,

PAT.

>> BUT RICHARD, THIS ONE IS COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL.

>> WHAT ARE THEY ASKING FOR THIS TIME.

>> FRE ANGELA DAVIS AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS OUT OF

VIETNAM NOW AND DRAFT ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

>> WE ASK PEOPLE TO DO THAT, THEY WILL DO THEIR JOB, I WILL

DO THEIR JOB.

>> YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THEY ARE STORMING THE WHITE HOUSE.

>> THEN I BETTER CALL OUT THE THIRD MARINES.

>> YOU CAN'T, RICHARD.

>> WHY NOT.

>> IT IS THE THIRD MARINES.

>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THE BEFORE YOU WENT OVER THE GREAT

TRAIN RIDER DALTON TROM BEAU GAVE YOU SOME ADVICE, HE HAD

PROTESTED IN THE '20S AND 30S.

WHAT ADVICE DID HE GIVE YOU ABOUT BEFORE YOU WENT TO EAST

ASIA TO DO THESE SHOWS?

>> IN HE WAS, HE SAID DON'T FORGET TO BE HAPPY.

>> Stephen: WHAT DID HE MEAN BY THAT?

>> JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH A VERY SERIOUS SUBJECT AND

YOU'RE TRYING TO END THE WAR DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T FEEL

JOY.

ACTIVISM IS JOY-FILLED.

IT IS FUN.

YOU FEEL GOOD KNOWING THAT ARE YOU DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN.

YOU PUT YOUR WHOLE BODY ON THE LINE.

AND YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU KNOW BEING AN ACTIVIST

MEANS LIKE EAT YOUR BROCCOLI.

BUT IT'S ACTUALLY FUN.

AND DAL TORN WAS REMINDING US TO BE HAPPY BECAUSE IT'S

CONTAGIOUS.

AND ALSO LAUGHTER, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES YOUR GUARD IS

DROPPED WHEN ARE YOU LAUGHING AND NEW IDEAS COME IN, AT LEAST

THAT IS WHAT I FOUND.

WHEN I'M WRITING AND I HAVE A WRITER'S CRAMP, IF I CAN FIND A

WAY TO LAUGH, IDEAS COME IN BECAUSE MY GUARD IS DOWN, DO YOU

FLOW WHAT I MEAN?

WELL, I MEAN, LOOK AT YOU.

YOU KNOW THAT BETTER THAN I DO.

>> Stephen: I DO KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, ON GOOD DAYS.

WELL, JANE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, STEPHEN

>> Stephen: YOU CAN JOIN "FIRE DRILL FRIDAYS" ONLINE, AND YOU

CAN SEE HER IN THE DOCUMENTARY "F.T.A." STARTING THIS FRIDAY.

JANE FONDA, EVERYBODY!

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