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
You look around and you see that George Carlin and Willie Nelson are doing as well as ever. ... You can grow old and still be vital.
It was just a funny notion about everything. We were lucky that Jane had such a passion for it and she, from the beginning, wanted the two of us; Dolly and me.
We're the phone company. We don't care. We don't have to.
I've never liked topical material, because it has no shelf life, but sometimes you just have to say something because there's too much going on that's hard on our country and the planet,
One comedy event an evening is enough for me.
No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.
Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it
Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
Certainly, Aaron wrote a real interesting character to begin with,
Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.
I'll start to cry now, ... included the way I was included.
His artistry soars to heights of sublime silliness and divine absurdity.
I generally do four or five dates a month, ... This is a stand-alone date I took because I was expecting to be in New York and thought this would be a good side trip.
Because of my success on 'Laugh-In,' I'd play to sold-out comedy club houses at the same time, ... But when I'd do my routines, I'd play to virtually silent (houses) night after night. It seemed that although my audiences were rapt in attention, my humor wasn't what they were expecting. I don't do joke after joke after joke.