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 the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it
Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
Reality is nothing more than a collective hunch.
I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it's much too confining.
I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
I'm not a religious person. I don't have any desire. To me it's imitative of a conventional culture. I'm all for it for anybody. I totally have a free and open feeling about how other humans want to live their lives. It's just not something that has any real significance for me.
Having a real public outlet is how you imprint something for yourself. It's just a matter of timing. It's like you've marked your territory.
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,
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,
When we talk to God we are praying; when God talks to us, we are schizophrenic.
Why is it when we talk to God, we're praying, but when God talks to us, we're schizophrenic?
Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?
We're the phone company. We don't care. We don't have to.