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
Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won't.
The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
Did you know, throughout the cosmos they found intelligent life forms that play to play? We are the only ones that play to win. Explains why we have more than our share of losers.
I try to be cynical, but it's so hard to keep up.
Even when I'm being funny, I'm deadly serious.
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.
When I was 9 or 10, I had a ten-cent business: I would walk your dog for a dime, go to the store for a dime, empty your garbage for a dime - and then I could use the money to buy tricks at the magic store.
You don't really need to get married, but marriage is awfully nice. Everybody I know who got married, they say it really makes a difference. They feel very, very happy about it.
If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well-viewed.