Peter Fonda Quotes

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.

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

Regular chiropractic adjustments go hand in hand with good health.

Muslims want the whole world to be Muslim. Christians want the whole world to be Christian. Catholics, Protestants, Mormons. They're all the same. Far out, right? Everyone wants the world to be like them.

Henry Fonda's son: That's how everybody identified me until Easy Rider came along. Good old Captain America.

We wanna be free! We wanna be free to do what we wanna do. We wanna be free to ride. We wanna be free to ride our machines without being hassled by The Man! ... And we wanna get loaded. And we wanna have a good time. And that's what we are gonna do. We are gonna have a good time... We are gonna have a party.

When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father.

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

I want to be on set and die hearing those words: Where's Peter?

I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.

My actual intake of different substances was far below what people thought it was, no matter how weird or outrageous they think I am

I want to die in the saddle. I love writing, producing, acting, directing

I was named Beekeeper of the Year by the Florida State Beekeeping Association.

I truly miss the genius of the music of John Lennon, as I'm sure everybody does.

My sons named her Bridget because that way they always had their sister, Bridget, with them. People thought we were nuts because on the phone they'd hear us say, "Bridget, sit!"

My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working

I've always internalized things

I love to direct my daughter, and act with her, and we both want to work with Jane again.

Every director is so different from every other one.

It's wonderful to me that bees have this simple, age-old thing going on.

Bob Dylan is out of the mentorship of Allen Ginsberg.

The word courage - God, I love that word. Words are so important to me.

Civilization has always been a bust.

You don't become the character

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!

I know I'm responsible for not having got the kind of roles that I'd have liked to.

Getting out from under the shadow of Henry Fonda was difficult.

I don't trust anybody who didn't inhale.

I dig my father. I wish he could open his eyes and dig me.

I was famous from birth.

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.