Actress and climate change activist Jane Fonda took veiled jabs at President Donald Trump in a politically charged speech at the 31st annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards Sunday night and rallied Hollywood to stand up to the new administration.
While accepting the SAG life achievement award, Fonda encouraged her fellow actors to have empathy for those they didn’t understand in the current political climate.
“What we [actors] create is empathy,” Fonda said. “Our job is to understand another human being so profoundly that we can touch their souls.”
She described how actors have to relate to their characters, even unlikable ones who are “bullies” and “misogynists.”
Fonda concluded her speech by calling on Hollywood to stay in “community,” “help the vulnerable” and foster an “inspiring vision of the future” that is “welcoming.”
Kristine Parks is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Read more.
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