Fonda fond of Lindsay but firm

Jane Fonda (left) and Lindsay Lohan

Jane Fonda has praised a studio executive's scolding of Lindsay Lohan for her absences on the set of their film, Georgia Rule.

"I think every once in a while, a very, very young person who is burning both ends of the candle needs to have somebody say, 'You know, you're going to pay the piper, you better slow down.' So I think it was good."

Fonda is still sympathetic towards Lohan.

"I just want to take her in my arms and hold her until she becomes grown-up," she says. "She's so young and she's so alone out there in the world in terms of structure and, you know, people to nurture her. And she's so talented."