I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn’t know who I was. They all thought of me as Henry Fonda’s son. Unfortunately for them, they never got to know me. – Peter Fonda
My abilities grow with each job, whether it’s writing or directing. When I stop learing, I’ll stop working. – Peter Fonda
If I have enough ego to say I’m a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy and the knowledge to write a scene for this great actor named Henry Fonda and direct him in it and have it work. – Peter Fonda
People ask me from time to time what it was like growing up with Henry Fonda as my father. I say, Ever see Fort Apache? He was like Colonel Thursday. – Peter Fonda
Remember, Alan Greenspan was a member of Ayn Rand’s collective. To understand this is to understand why we are doomed with the Federal Reserve. – Peter Fonda
I wasn’t really aware that my father was working for quite a while. I thought it was my mother who had all the money! – Peter Fonda
I love to direct my daughter, and act with her, and we both want to work with Jane again. – Peter Fonda
Henry Fonda’s son: That’s how everybody identified me until Easy Rider came along. Good old Captain America. – Peter Fonda
It took us a long time to find out that we had been lied to by our parents’ generation. The moralities that were followed during our parents’ generation were basically arbitrary. This caused a rift between the two generations, which was brought on by the beatniks. – Peter Fonda
Lennon was not very fond of me. Lennon didn’t like to be around somebody else who was likely to be the center of attention and didn’t like being on deck with somebody who was intellectually as hot as he was. – Peter Fonda
My actual intake of different substances was far below what people thought it was, no matter how weird or outrageous they think I am. – Peter Fonda
When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father. – Peter Fonda
I always seemed to disappoint them. They expected me to be different than Henry or exactly like Henry. I was neither. – Peter Fonda
