Lily Tomlin Quotes

Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
Lily Tomlin

There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
Lily Tomlin

Culture, Plastic, Skin

Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
Lily Tomlin

But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
Lily Tomlin

Money, Reason, Lives

I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war.
Lily Tomlin

War, Guess, Profit

We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company.
Lily Tomlin

Care, Company, Phone

Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
Lily Tomlin

Put, Another, Express

I especially love 'Web Therapy' and I did 'Eastbound and Down' too. I had a lot of fun doing that.
Lily Tomlin

Love, Fun, Down

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.
Lily Tomlin

Work, Time, Find

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.
Lily Tomlin

Mean, Whatever, Act

I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
Lily Tomlin

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.
Lily Tomlin

Read, Books, Watch

It's my belief we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.
Lily Tomlin

Deep, Language, Belief

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
Lily Tomlin

Success, Sometimes, Worry

We are all in this together, by ourselves.
Lily Tomlin

Together, Ourselves

We're all in this alone.
Lily Tomlin

What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
Lily Tomlin

Appreciate, Audience, Brains

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.
Lily Tomlin

Boring, Might, Worse

What is reality, anyway? Just a collective hunch.
Lily Tomlin

Reality, Anyway, Collective

Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?
Lily Tomlin

Special, Why, Name

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.
Lily Tomlin

Funny, Hard, Might

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Nationality: American

Born: September 1, 1939

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