Ted Danson talks about the ‘wake-up call’ after meeting Jane Fonda

Ted Denson has revealed that after he met Jane Fonda when he was 70, he felt a ‘call’ about aging.

On Thursday’s episode of the podcast Where everyone knows your name76-year-old Nice place and Hooray the actor spoke Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson on his career so far and what she has planned for the future

During the conversation, Danson said that meeting Fonda made him change the way he felt about his plans for the future. While most people slow down with age, he said the Hollywood legend still keeps his foot “on the gas.” Newsweek emailed spokespeople for Dunson and Fonda for comment Thursday outside regular business hours.

“My wake-up call when I was—I’m 76, almost 77—when I turned 70, I realized I started looking for a nice, soft place to land. “I’d better get things in order,” Danson said.

“Me too met Jane Fonda because Mary (Danson’s wife, the actor, comedian and singer Mary Steenbergen) and she were going to do a movie together, and it was like, damn it, this woman—she’s 80—hit the gas pedal. “

“She does, she really does,” Brunson said, before Danson added: “No, go full speed.”

The moment that led to this point in the conversation was when Danson asked Brunson what she would hope to be doing in 10 years if she had a magic wand.

“Are you aiming or aiming or just living in the moment, which is incredibly successful? But do you have something, something that you want to do as well, or—and I don’t even mean work, I just mean your life,” Danson asked.

“Recently I’ve rethought it and I want to keep living,” Brunson replied.

She added: “I know it sounds corny but when I was younger I really lived, I really took risks and enjoyed life and stuff and as I got older, especially as a manager Abbott— I’ve become a little tougher, a little more mature, and I don’t think I can afford to lose the childlike joy that comes from life, mistakes and risks. Because I think that eventually it will help me create again, which I think is my main thing. So that’s my goal, just to keep living.”

Brunson then used the analogy of a car to help drive home her point further, saying, “And I felt that before AbbottI felt like I spent many, many years building the car, didn’t I? Slowly putting the car parts together and now I’m driving in a car, but now I – maybe it’s time to build a new car. I might need to build something that can go off-road.

“I know I need to create a good new thing, so to do that I need to experience it again,” Brunson added. “Feel what I need and always remember that I don’t need to be a boring suit… I just want to have fun too. I don’t want to stop having fun.”