Getting out from under the shadow of Henry Fonda was difficult.

I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn't know who I was. They all thought of me as Henry Fonda's son. Unfortunately for them, they never got to know me.

I must have had faith that day. When I went out, I was Henry Fonda again. An unemployed actor but a man.

Henry Fonda's son: That's how everybody identified me until Easy Rider came along. Good old Captain America.

If I have enough ego to say I'm a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy and the knowledge to write a scene for this great actor named Henry Fonda and direct him in it and have it work.

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.