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
Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.
There's nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, 'I didn't do it right'.
I wonder what it would be like if we all became what we wanted to be when we grew up? I mean, imagine a world filled with nothing but firemen, cowboys, nurses and ballerinas.
I mean yes to act out something or take chances in the performance is one thing. But in terms of a camera, whatever's captured is captured so that's a little more daunting.
If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
I worry about kids today - because of the sexual revolution, they're going to grow up and never know what "dirty" means.
Thank God kids never mean well
To me, "sexual freedom" means freedom from having to have sex.
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
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,
Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it
Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
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.
Certainly, Aaron wrote a real interesting character to begin with,