Loosened with a pour of whiskey, which she told Falchuk was good for her voice, Goodall looked back on the span of her life and work with her signature blend of calm and obstinance. The stories she shared with Falchuk \u2014 and now us \u2014 range from her early observations of the fictional character Tarzan\u2019s wife (\u201chis Jane was a real wimp\u201d) to her thoughts on free will, how to win arguments, ex-husbands, and the pull she felt toward spirituality toward the end of her life. She also revealed some private thoughts she\u2019s never disclosed, even to her own family, and listed out her regrets, as well as who among the \u201ccloud contingent\u201d she hoped would greet her on the other side.<\/p>\n
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Famous Last Words. Jane Goodall. Courtesy of Netflix. 2025<\/p>\n
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What were Jane Goodall\u2019s last words?<\/p>\n
After finishing their whiskey with a moving toast, Falchuk left the stage so that Goodall could speak directly to the camera to deliver her final, unedited public thoughts. Here it is in full:<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the place where I am now, I look back over my life. I look back at the world I\u2019ve left behind. What message do I want to leave? I want to make sure that you all understand that each and every one of you has a role to play. You may not know it, you may not find it, but your life matters, and you are here for a reason. And I just hope that reason will become apparent as you live through your life. I want you to know that, whether or not you find that role that you\u2019re supposed to play, your life does matter, and that every single day you live, you make a difference in the world. And you get to choose the difference that you make.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want you to understand that we are part of the natural world. And even today, when the planet is dark, there still is hope. Don\u2019t lose hope. If you lose hope, you become apathetic and do nothing. And if you want to save what is still beautiful in this world\u00a0\u2014 if you want to save the planet for the future generations, your grandchildren, their grandchildren \u2014 then think about the actions you take each day. Because, multiplied a million, a billion times, even small actions will make for great change. I want to \u2014 I just hope that you understand that this life on Planet Earth isn\u2019t the end. I believe, and now I know that there is life beyond death. That consciousness survives.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t tell you, from where I am, secrets that are not mine to share. I can\u2019t tell you what you will find when you leave Planet Earth. But I want you to know that your life on Planet Earth will make some difference in the kind of life you find after you die. Above all, I want you to think about the fact that we are part\u00a0\u2014 when we\u2019re on Planet Earth \u2014 we are part of Mother Nature. We depend on Mother Nature for clean air, for water, for food, for clothing, for everything. And as we destroy one ecosystem after another, as we create worse climate change, worse loss of diversity, we have to do everything in our power to make the world a better place for the children alive today, and for those that will follow. You have it in your power to make a difference. Don\u2019t give up. There is a future for you. Do your best while you\u2019re still on this beautiful Planet Earth that I look down upon from where I am now. God bless you all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are few people in the world whose mission of compassion, conservation, and care are so universally appreciated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-181010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-unitedkingdom","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}