Actrice Jane Fonda verdiept zich de laatste jaren buiten film, toneel, fitness en politiek ook in de kunst van het ouder worden. Nu zij zelf – geboren in 1937 – midden in haar ‘derde akte’ zit, heeft ze daar het nodige over te zeggen.

Many people today […] are taking a new look at what I call ‘The Third Act’; the last three decades of life. They realize that this is actually a developmental stage of life with its own significance as different from midlife as adolescance is from childhood. And they are asking – we should all be asking – “How do we use this time? How do we live it successfully? What is the appropriate new metaphor for aging?”

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