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'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.
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.
Thank God kids never mean well
I still believe that sex is dirty. It's just that now I wouldn't have it any other way.
Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it's imposssible to keep up.
You can't expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it's a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.
No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up.
I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war.
Growing up in Michigan was fine...until I realized where I was.
After all, in private, we're all misfits
Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?
There will be sex after death, we just won't be able to feel it.
If you can't be direct, why be?