JANE FONDA Political activist and actor
“When I was coming up in the system and you thought about movie stars
campaigning, you thought about the Hollywood 10 during the McCarthy
era. So, of course, it’s wonderful that things have changed. People say,
‘Oh God, they’re just actors, they should keep their mouths shut,’ but the
fact is we’re criticised so much because we can be effective. I use the
metaphor of a repeater. When there’s a valley and then a mountain, you
see antennae at the top of the mountain that are there to pick up signals
from the bottom of the valley and spread them wide. Actors are like
repeaters: we pick up signals from voices that have a hard time being
heard and amplify them. That might mean there will be people who aren’t
going to like you, who aren’t going to see your movies any more, who call
you names. But you don’t do it for yourself. You do it for the people who
don’t necessarily get this kind of exposure and media attention.”
Coat, from a selection, Salvatore Ferragamo. Fashion editor: Edward Enninful