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 grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old maid, all that. You had to play a stereotype, because very attractive women were not supposed to be funny - because it's powerful; it's a threat.
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.
You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what's current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.
The road to success is always under construction.
We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company.
I never thought of myself as any kind of a film star, as many films as I've made - and I've made some really fun movies with good people. I've always been paired with someone because I'm not really box office, in that carrying-a-picture sense. I've always been busy, but not in the spotlight.
Even when I'm being funny, I'm deadly serious.
I especially love 'Web Therapy' and I did 'Eastbound and Down' too. I had a lot of fun doing that.
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less.
If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.