(CNN) Actress and environmental activist Jane Fonda says "it feels good" to be arrested at the climate change demonstrations in Washington -- and that she moved to the nation's capital specifically so she could protest.

Fonda talked to CNN's Anderson Cooper on "Full Circle" and explained why she welcomes being taken away in handcuffs at the climate protests.

"This is the first time that I have been arrested for civil disobedience, and it feels good," she said from Washington.

Fonda explained "you don't feel very good if you're not doing enough" to bring awareness to climate change, so she decided to act.

"When you are a celebrity the responsibility is even greater to try to use your platform to get the word out," Fonda said.

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