Jane Fonda Shares What 'Woke' Means To Her During SAG Awards
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The lifelong actor, activist and counterculture icon delivered an electrifying speech Sunday while accepting her Life Achievement Award.
Jane Fonda delivered an electrifying speech Sunday at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards that appeared squarely aimed at President Donald Trump, who earlier this month criticized the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for holding “woke” events.
Fonda, a lifelong actor, activist and 1960s counterculture icon, took to the Shrine Auditorium stage to receive a Life Achievement Award. She praised her fellow actors for creating empathy through their craft.
“While you may hate the behavior of your character, you have to understand and empathize with the traumatized person you’re playing, right?” Fonda said onstage. “I’m thinking Sebastian Stan in ‘The Apprentice.’ Make no mistake, empathy is not weak or ‘woke.’”
She continued, “And by the way, ‘woke’ just means you give a damn about other people.”
Fonda didn’t identify Trump by name, but did mention Stan’s nominated performance in the 2024 drama about Trump’s unscrupulous rise as a real estate magnate — which the Trump campaign tried to keep from release before last year’s presidential election.
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