After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
LILY TOMLINAfter all, in private, we’re all misfits.
LILY TOMLINWouldn’t it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen, and ballerinas.
LILY TOMLINThere will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
LILY TOMLINGrowing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
LILY TOMLINEven when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
LILY TOMLINDon’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
LILY TOMLINTo me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
LILY TOMLINI still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
LILY TOMLINWe don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
LILY TOMLINI wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors. I didn’t want to get famous; I always thought getting famous was a drag on you.
LILY TOMLINI feel some part of me can wake up and be very existential and the next day wake up and be sort of in love with the universe.
LILY TOMLINThe larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
LILY TOMLINRemember we’re all in this alone.
LILY TOMLINThe road to success is always under construction.
LILY TOMLINI try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
LILY TOMLINWhat I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
LILY TOMLIN