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
We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
The whole idea of being in captivity in such limited space, especially in a zoo, causes elephants to suffer. They develop all kinds of foot diseases. They die. They get cysts. Not only is it painful, it eventually kills them.
Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
The larger picture is really to swing people's awareness of what really is moral.
It's a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn't really happened, but it has come closer.
Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it's imposssible to keep up.
No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up.
After all, in private, we're all misfits
If you can't be direct, why be?
What if it's boring - or if it's not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.
I guess that's one of the reasons that you do it - work all the time - because it's sort of a high to find something that really works.
I've always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.