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"Y our enthusiasm makes it seem, I don't know, less like a late twilight of my life and more like a 'Go girl, kick ass,'" 60th SAG Life Achievement Award honoree Jane Fonda said near the beginning of her acceptance remarks during the 31st Annual SAG Awards ® . "Which is good," she added. "Because I'm not done." At 87, Fonda continues to perform at the top of her craft — skills built from a career spanning seven decades. It's been a career that's been as dedicated to activism as it has been to award-winning performances that range from her portrayal of complicated sex worker Bree Daniels in Klute (1971) to conservative military wife Sally Hyde in Coming Home (1978). The Honors and Tributes Committee, responsible for identifying SAG Life Achievement Award honorees based on their commitment to humanitarian efforts as well as the quality of their professional work, seemed to have made a prescient choice in their selection of Fonda — an advocate who not only uses her Jane Fonda Climate PAC to rally donations to elect climate-concerned lawmakers, but who also has an unmatched ability to find the right words for a moment. In the aftermath of Los Angeles' disastrous wildfires and in the face of increasing threats to the vulnerable, Fonda's acknowledgment of Hollywood's history of resistance and call for the entertainment community to recognize our "documentary moment," struck a chord with SAG Awards attendees who responded with enthusiastic applause. "A whole lot of people are going to be really hurt by what is happening," Fonda said to nominees and guests at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. "And even if they're of a different political persuasion, we need to call upon our empathy and not judge, but listen from our hearts and welcome them into our tent, because we are going to need a big tent to resist successfully what's coming at us." J A N E F O N DA c rac k s jokes, l aud s union s and c all s for resi stanc e a s she re c eives the 60 th S AG Life Ac hie vement Award . Fonda's son Troy Garity escorts her to the stage during the 31st Annual SAG Awards. JAY L. CLENDENIN/SHUTTERSTOCK Jane Fonda continues on page 97