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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

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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Many times I sit back and say, 'I can't believe that this is my life!' Other times, I feel self-satisfied. I mean, there's a lot to be proud and thankful for but, nonetheless, it's just a life!

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I grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old maid, all that. You had to play a stereotype, because very attractive women were not supposed to be funny - because it's powerful; it's a threat.

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I never officially came out in any kind of really public way. I just always lived very simply and openly, but the press has never made a big fuss about me or said anything to me.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: September 1st, 1939

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