“Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles.”

— Jane Fonda

Michael Perry. Jane's wrinkled but Fonda herself now. Sydney Morning Herald, 22 December 1985 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2a1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e-gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5135,3817429

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