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
People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.
Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest - then we can all die laughing.
There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?
When I've had a meltdown, people will say to me, "Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor."
I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it's much too confining.
What goes up must come down. But don't expect it to come down where you can find it.
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
I wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors. I didn't want to get famous; I always thought getting famous was a drag on you.