( CNN ) -- Jane Fonda told Piers Morgan that Michael Jackson 's 1981 visit to her California ranch inspired him to purchase what was to become Neverland Ranch . The actress and author of the new book `` Prime Time '' -- which is about the last third of life -- is a guest on tonight 's `` Piers Morgan Tonight . '' `` I had a ranch in Santa Barbara , '' said Fonda . `` And he came and visited me once . And I was walking him around . It 's how he was introduced to that area -- where he eventually bought Neverland -- is when I had him to my ranch . '' The King of Pop , who was in his early 20s at the time , spent a week on the set of `` On Golden Pond . '' `` He came and he wanted to watch my father and Katharine Hepburn work , '' said Fonda . `` He was interested in becoming a movie actor . '' Fonda also recalled pointing out to Jackson the spot on the ranch 's grounds where she intended to be buried . `` I thought he was going to have a meltdown , '' Fonda stated . `` The notion that I could countenance the fact that I was going to die was anathema to him . He just -- he screamed . '' The actress recalled Jackson insisting that he was never going to die . `` He talked about how he would get into an oxygen tank and he thought that was going to keep him , you know , alive forever . '' Fonda told Morgan that she does n't like the notion that Jackson 's 2009 death was a `` Hollywood clichÃ© , '' but that `` it 's hard to imagine that someone that was as tormented as he was , you know , could have sort of lived a long and peaceful and natural life . '' Fonda and her father , Henry Fonda , co-starred in 1981 's `` On Golden Pond , '' for which they both won Oscars . The film also won Best Picture that year . `` I feel so blessed , Piers , to have been able to have that experience , '' said Fonda . `` He died five months later . I bought the play . I made the movie , because I wanted to work with him . We knew he was dying . '' The actress described her relationship with her father . `` He was a man of profound integrity , '' she said . `` He was a good man . He had good values . He had problems in the relationship department . He had problems with emotions , which is interesting for an actor , a hard time expressing emotions and being around someone who was emotional . It was absolutely terrifying to him . '' Fonda also noted that while her father was difficult , `` he did the best he could ; and I was able to tell him that before he died . '' Fonda also stated that `` if there had been Prozac then , I think probably our lives would have been very different . '' The actress also said that she believes that what her father did n't communicate directly to her , he did through the films whose values he held dear , such as `` Twelve Angry Men , '' `` Young Abe Lincoln , '' `` The Wrong Man , '' and `` The Grapes of Wrath . '' Fonda also told Morgan that she knows her dad would have been pleased to know that she married Ted Turner . `` I found out after my dad died that he was fascinated by Ted Turner , '' said Fonda . `` Dad loved the news ; and he told a reporter that once interviewed me that he thought that Ted Turner was the greatest guy in the world because he started CNN . '' Turner and Fonda divorced in 2001 . `` We had a great time for 10 years , '' said Fonda . `` I am so happy that I got to spend 10 years with him . It ended when it was supposed to end and we 're very , very close . I just talked to him today . I told him I was going to be on the show . And I 'm so proud of him . He 's done so much good work in the world . '' Fonda told Morgan that the current crop of GOP candidates does not impress her . `` They all scare me , frankly , '' said Fonda . `` I get depressed and scared when I look at the Republican debates . '' The actress stated that she 's `` worried about anybody getting elected to office who says we have to do away with or privatize Social Security , we have to reduce health insurance ; we have to not raise taxes . '' Fonda is hoping that voters reelect Barack Obama , telling the CNN host , `` I hope he gets re-elected . I wish that he would be stronger . I think he will be in his second term . I think he 's going to be reelected . I think he 's a good man , but I wish that he was tougher on the issues that I care about and that a lot of people care about . '' Watch Piers Morgan Tonight weeknights 9 p.m . ET . For the latest from Piers Morgan click here .
Jane Fonda on her father : If there had been Prozac , our lives would have been different . Fonda on Ted Turner : `` I 'm so proud of him . He 's done so much good work in the world '' She hopes Barack Obama gets re-elected . Fonda on GOP candidates : `` I get depressed and scared when I look at the Republican debates ''