Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin
Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer and producer. Tomlin began her career as a stand-up comedian, and performing Off-Broadway during the 1960s. Her breakout role was performing as a cast member on the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1970 until 1973. She currently stars on the Netflix series Grace and Frankie as Frankie Bergstein. Her performance as Frankie garnered her nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth1 September 1939
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
I feel some part of me can wake up and be very existential and the next day wake up and be sort of in love with the universe.
We are all in this together, by ourselves.
I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
And yet humanity is so not evolved that how can you expect anything absolutely major to happen? Look how long, we move ahead in technology, how much do we move ahead in morality or emotion? We move ahead so minimally, minimally, minimally.
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
I'm not a religious person. I don't have any desire. To me it's imitative of a conventional culture. I'm all for it for anybody. I totally have a free and open feeling about how other humans want to live their lives. It's just not something that has any real significance for me.
We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
Having a real public outlet is how you imprint something for yourself. It's just a matter of timing. It's like you've marked your territory.
Wouldn't it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen, and ballerinas.
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.