Fonda reveals secret to staying young

At 77 years young, Jane Fonda is busier than ever. On the morning of her Golden Globe nomination — her first in more than 30 years — for playing aging actress Brenda Morel in the new Paolo Sorrentino film “Youth,” Fonda was racing around town in her car, during a day filled with meetings and Christmas errands.

You’ve generated quite a bit of awards buzz with what’s essentially one movie-stealing scene.

I don’t know about stealing the movie, but it’s a wonderful scene. I’m grateful to Paolo (Sorrentino) for writing and directing it.

You’ve reinvented yourself, career-wise, many times — as an actor, a political activist, an exercise guru — does reinvention energize your passions and keep you feeling young? Which, of course, is a theme of the movie.

Not so much in relation to my career, but yes, in general, in life. Staying involved and passionate and curious helps one remain youthful, for sure. There’s the chronological issue (of age); and chronologically, I could well be dead by now! I’m older than my father was when he died. But spiritually and energetically, I feel younger than when I was 20 and 30.