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
Infinity is just time on an ego trip.
Truth is, I've always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
Nobody is here without a reason. ... I always had a different sensibility. I like a huge range of comedy - from broad and farcical, the most sensitive, the most understated - but I always wanted my comedy to be more embracing of the species rather than debasing of it.
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 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 was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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 especially love 'Web Therapy' and I did 'Eastbound and Down' too. I had a lot of fun doing that.
Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
Remember we're all in this alone.
You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what's current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.
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.
I worry about kids today - because of the sexual revolution, they're going to grow up and never know what "dirty" means.
There's nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, 'I didn't do it right'.