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.

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

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

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.

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.

Bob Dylan is out of the mentorship of Allen Ginsberg.

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

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

Regular chiropractic adjustments go hand in hand with good health.

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

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.

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

I was famous from birth.

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

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

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.

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.

Brando's a family friend. His mother gave my father a shot to be in a play at the Omaha Community Playhouse. That was the first production he was in.

Civilization has always been a bust.

Every director is so different from every other one.

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

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

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

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

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!"

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

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 have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.

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

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

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've always internalized things

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.

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

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

You don't become the character