A biography for Peter Fondahasn’t been written yet.
“I was famous from birth.”
“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.”
“I always seemed to disappoint them. They expected me to be different than Henry or exactly like Henry. I was neither.”
“My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working.”
“I want to die in the saddle. I love writing, producing, acting, directing.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Bob Dylan is out of the mentorship of Allen Ginsberg.”