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
Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
I think my politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.
I'd rather have the illusion that (politicians) had ideas and high inspirations and principals, that they foster something in people that makes them want to be part of it instead of all of this exclusion stuff, which is really horrible. Everyone's not the same.
Exercise is for people who can't handle drugs or alcohol.
We're giving jobs to people who would otherwise be out of work if we weren't exploiting cheap labor.
But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war.
The larger picture is really to swing people's awareness of what really is moral.
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.
9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn't really happened, but it has come closer.
We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
My politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.
People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
When I've had a meltdown, people will say to me, "Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor."