Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda Chart Their Individual Paths to Feminism

Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin weren’t born as feminist icons, they each found their way to the movement via different paths and at different parts of their lives. Watch Lily and Jane in their new film, “Moving On,” which opens in theaters on March 17th.
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[@ncooty]

They're both masterful at deadpan, and Jane is amazing at setting up Lily's dry humor.

[@TonyKuehler]

Lily Tomlin's story about working as an usherette and being confronted with social norms of the time is positively sublime. She is one sharp cookie!

[@juliefranks4265]

What a fantastic story!! Mad respect…

[@billboyle1588]

"They don't have to be!". Lilly's an inveterate comedian. Even if she were four years old at the time, how could she not recognize that as a punchline and not a punch to her midline?!

[@janetkriegl6720]

@@billboyle1588 Well stated by you. Kudos!

[@adrianpoesiat]

I was thinking that too. Very ahead of her time

[@olivialivelovelaugh412]

The chemistry is untouchable. These ladies are fantastic I watched grace and Frankie 3 times.and it’s a series. And there timing and chemistry is straight out of Lucy and Ethel!! And that’s saying something ❤❤

[@RLSchanneltwo]

They are just adorable together. What a pair! 😍

[@Tree-House69]

They are such awesome people, I'm so glad they're around and get to speak their piece

[@clc040]

These two are hilarious together!

[@plumafina]

Absolutely love love love love love love them. Thank you for interviewing Lily and Jane. 2 4 letter names.

[@something64]

I would watch them 24/7. I love Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin!❤

[@Biotoze]

Their ability to speak of their past is just astounding. Many of us have interesting lives but finding the words to tell it can be difficult

[@arxsyn]

Happy International Women's Day and month to all you fabulous ladies of out there! ❤️

[@rachelgallagher6214]

✌💙 from Montana

[@ToniGlick]

I love the rapport being these two. Such icons!

[@meliacogan1586]

Love that! She just called up the writer and said write it and he did! Bc of course he did ❤️❤️❤️

[@anamilenahincapie2992]

Love love LOVE 💕 these incredible women! The roles they have taken on and how they continue to rock it!

[@the_resourceful]

Lily worked illegally at a Detroit theater..lol! She is too cool. Jane and Lily may be elderly but they are so full of life giving wisdoms. I love 'em! My Favorite Feminists!

[@billboyle1588]

Ageless wisdom like, let your daughter take hallucinogens with an oversexed medicine man named "General Share-yer-'mons' Shaman".

[@angiebone7999]

Yes

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I really ike the trailer of ‘Moving On’ with the both of them. I’m always so happy to see them play leading parts.

[@user-wn5cn4ue2j]

Omg it’s Grace and Frankie in real life. Lol I can’t unsee it. I love that show and fell in love with these 2. I wish them a long healthy life so they can make some more magic for us on tv. 😂 just love these ladies lol. With Betty gone they have stolen that space in my heart for hilarious grannies.

[@Scixxy]

I hope one day they do something with Dolly again

[@skysglcw]

It’s a must!! 🥺

[@sallyphillips9175]

Isn't a "9 to 5" sequel in the works? Seems like I remember Jane saying something about that in an interview.

[@keeshiabrie]

Watch the finale of Grace and Frankie! Dolly made an appearance

[@goddess9592]

I love these two women. They're so funny and so wonderful. I can't wait to watch their new movie!

[@dougvelliquette7655]

Ladies and gentlemen, we just witnessed the presence of lives well lived; passionate and committed! Know that you are loved on your journey!

[@viennaactress]

I hope they both live forever 💓

[@calibby85]

They will in a way bc of their impact and legacy!🙂🥰

[@faizam5789]

jane fonda's voice reminds me of marianne williamsons

[@candacenagle505]

Me too!

[@candacenagle505]

@Roshi Seneviratne 100%!!!!

[@me-ln4pd]

I literally won't be able to cope when Jane dies

[@sharonwilder5975]

So Cool to see them at that age still going strong, I'm 64, had a couple beers before my dinner then went to see my horses where I board. I was so relaxed and happy but the young 20 something girl who owned the place with her siblings called me an Old Drunk! I said you will be damn lucky to make it this far. I never had such disrespect for older people. So Seeing these two is FANTASTIC!

I've loved these two for so many years!!

[@FFact483]

i love these two ladies - great role models - I reference them/their work to inspire older ladies …all the time. They are a testament to work after 60 and the adventure, fun and opportunities we can create. ❤❤❤

[@PADS62]

Two Gorgeous Legends! Unique in every way, but friends to the end!! I Adore them both! ❤️😍🥰🤩❣️❤️

[@ericjohnson6665]

These two are just as much of a dynamic duo as Matthau and Lemmon were. Love their work!

[@sallyphillips9175]

Oh, I loved those two! One of my favorite duos!

[@ashleygardner4104]

I've always loved these 2. They've literally been around my whole life. I have fond memories of watching their movies and doing Jane's workouts with my mom. National treasures!

[@toms5996]

I like how Jane is always so 'appropiate ' and direct and Lily gives the same message with dry humour. Smart witty people - that's what I always like.

[@antoinettejoubert]

Two formidable women😊💞💞

[@DrMargoLomaxD]

I simply love them! Thank you girls, you rock!!

[@javius2000]

I LOVE these two!!

[@suzandouglass5241]

Jane and Lily are like the real life Thelma and Louise if they had survived.

[@JPMJPM]

Yes!

[@who-arewe]

Ooo the Consciousness Click! I had that at age 9 when my brother told me that no boy would ever like me if I didn't shave my legs. 🙄 That was definitely my moment of embodying feminism!

[@sevenirises]

What a great interview. I love these two wonderful ladies in how they complete each other. Can't wait to see their movie. Have missed them so much since Grace and Frankie.

[@alansilverman8500]

The emancipation of Barbarella... and that's the truthhhhh!

[@janetkriegl6720]

Haha, I caught you're drift. Clever!

[@efghiabcd2611]

I love them both, they are not blind to human nature, they admit their failures and accept their success, I can´t wait to watch the new movie. Biggest of hugs

[@rufusreir1732]

Stephen Stephen Stephen, when you can have boring old politicians sit in a chair and yack for 3 o 4 segments, why on earth can't you have these two wonderful women on for at least 4 segments ?

[@ievolcisum]

I'm sure we'll get more clips, but I do love these ladies

[@anthonybradshaw5099]

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[@anthonybradshaw5099]

2az,2

[@anarkyst9595]

Yes more from these women please please please

[@adrianpoesiat]

Touché

[@Tao_Tology]

Anyone who hasn't watched it yet should see Tomlin's film All of Me that she made with Steve Martin back in the day.

[@jeez0r]

edwina cutwater 🙂

[@Tao_Tology]

@@jeez0r 'your foot, my foot, your foot, my foot'

[@hahah9650]

“Put her….back in the bowl…”

[@katwashere194]

Also great was Big Business with Bette Midler where they played sets of twins 🤣🤣🤣

[@JulieStJohn-jb4cy]

All of Me is free on KZbin. Fun movie!

[@HobbesRN]

They are a dymaic duo!! Love them!

[@sitinowak]

Can't wait to see the movie. I just love them, they're lovely ladies. God bless them.

[@neerajamb]

I just love these two ladies.

[@noras.5355]

The dynamic duo have been my favorites for years!!!

[@thend4427]

I like how she asks is it the end lol...old lady quirks

[@sweetjane5033]

too short! I love these 2 so much!!!❤❤

[@LK-3000]

Awesome interview, even though very short clips here. I would have loved to have been in the audience to hear what they talked about during the commercial breaks.

[@tracysaras6880]

They remind me of the older male comedians like Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, who get together and laugh with and at each other. Finally, female comedians are celebrated.

[@davemccutcheon9053]

Jane Fonda went before the U N General Assembly to speak for the Fishes.Thank you Jane . The open ocean is the heart of the world. I know as a result of a lifetime on the Pacific. 15 yrs as a sea urchin diver ,20yrs in live fish,30 yrs as Nor Cal kayak tour guide for Force 10 in Elk California. Reserves Work. We have a small one here just south of town ,Port Orford, Or. Established 2005. Please take note ,Fukishima Japan is about to Dump 31 million tons of trillium contaminated radioactive waste water into the Pacific Ocean in April 2023 through a pipe you can drive acar through. Please help.

[@debbiewassylenko5569]

Oh my gosh!

[@robynrains7252]

How do we stop Japan?

[@dontaylor7315]

@Robyn Rains I don't know if Greenpeace does any underwater missions of that magnitude but some group with the savvy and the balls needs to plug that pipe.

[@JulieStJohn-jb4cy]

Dave, I looked it up and saw that Japan announced they were going to dump it into the ocean in April ‘21. Are they holding onto it? Has it definitely not been dumped yet? Any idea?

[@yurielcundangan9090]

Jane FONDA never fails to entertain

[@MarcF.Nielssen]

It's unintentional now. She's mighty angry.

[@judeirwin2222]

Yuriel, you really, really need to get out more.

[@JoePlett]

The CHEMISTRY between these two..... Priceless! 😊😊

[@rachelgallagher6214]

Absolute role models for all women of all ages ✌💙 from Montana

[@eugenejohnson9494]

It would be wonderful to have Lilly and Jane at a tipi meeting. Sit up all night singing and greeting a beautiful sunrise!

[@andreag7822]

Beautiful, beautiful people, inside and out ❤

[@charlenebrownlow4677]

PTL Y’all…these ladies are two of my favorite actors/comedians. I have enjoyed them individually for years/decades and their projects together💯💌!

[@joesdi]

Love to Lily and Jane from Rome! Thanks Stephen 🤎🤎🤎

[@joannejohnson7006]

The most beautiful women, Grace and Frankie made aging look really cool 😎 I just adore them both!

[@vickidash-slesinski746]

Working 9 to Five was an awesome movie.

[@dorotheevonwerder4303]

Tom Brady a Trumper?!! Good bye Mr.Brady.I would have divorced you the moment I found that out! Well done Giselle!!

[@wespeakforthetrees]

Some of my friends still hate Jane because of her activism during Vietnam. I think she is a hero.

[@Yaelia]

I love them. It saddens me that they have done so much and inspired others to give us the rights we deserve, and now, we have WOMEN trying to roll back a lot of our rights. Is a terrible thing to see women tear down more women, for women to still believe that we are nothing other than child bearing vessels.

[@christinegill135]

Ii would love to see Lily doing Edith Ann. Those sketches are GOLD!

[@yurielcundangan9090]

Funniest monologue ever

[@JamesMayes-di1fq]

Like all the greats, these two don't seem to be acting at all, just being themselves, and then we get the zingers. Profoundly cool! more, more!

[@TheSweetsherrypie]

They would be so fun to party with 🙂

[@hilpei3675]

Good humans!!!

[@hailynewma9122]

That‘s a must see for sure

[@mightyone3737]

IMHO, that man wasn't just saying 'they don't need any talent because they are pretty', he's actually saying 'these aren't human beings in sense that a man is, their purpose is to look pleasing to the male gaze'.

[@brainmachine235]

…and get some plastic surgery” Which they did. Sad.

[@rlud304]

@@brainmachine235 You’re sad lol Thanks for mansplaining 🙄 It’s so important for you to chime in and let the world know what you decided women should or shouldn’t do aesthetically. Women are allowed to do/wear/be whatever the f*ck they want FOR THEMSELVES. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to look your best. You just diminished two complicated interesting intelligent highly accomplished women to share your “important” opinion about what YOU think about plastic surgery lol. That is so disrespectful, demeaning and none of your f*cking business. Somehow I think you’re fine when older male celebrities also have surgery to look and feel their best. Consider getting tf over yourself and your obscenely distorted sense of importance which is what’s truly sad lol

[@dorotheevonwerder4303]

At least Jane is open about it and doesn’t pretend to have ,aged gracefully’ 😁 Don’t know about Lily. She looks like it but I never heard her mention it 🤔

[@rlud304]

@@dorotheevonwerder4303 Why is that anyone’s business?

[@poopsonastick13]

@@brainmachine235 so what? Maybe stop trying to police women and eventually we won’t need it…

[@randolphpinkle4482]

Jane looked very distracted and, by the end, she looked like she was in pain. All the best, Jane. You're one of a kind.

[@janvanveelen]

She is deaf and cannot follow Lily's conversation it looks like.

[@utubby3730]

@@janvanveelen which is weird coz in the other clip Lily was talking a lil low and yet Jane heard fine and chimed in. I am a bit worried tho, Jane really did seem to drift here :/ hope its not the beginning of the end

[@janetkriegl6720]

@@utubby3730 I teach in high school. The kids do nothing but drift in attention, no matter how dynamic the lesson. Now THAT is worrisome!

[@Norah56s]

It seemed that it started with her "Michigan? Detroit?" question, and then Lily and Stephen more or less teasing her, and maybe it put her off for the rest of the segment. That's how it appeared to me anyway.

[@corrij1]

They are both so wonderful!

[@arabiyya]

I wish them both a LONG and HEALTHY LIFE!! these two gems. Love from Morocco 🇲🇦 ❤

[@erickoontz6835]

How I love these two friends!

[@debcastle2063]

Love them both😍

[@steveconn]

How does being in a movie supporting Trumper Tom Brady support feminism?

[@dorotheevonwerder4303]

Why was my reply canceled?

[@arabiyya]

I LOVE THEM!!!!!!

[@jamesalanstephensmith7930]

Timeless

[@kittys.2870]

Why do we have to fight to keep the rights we won?

[@TheReelgrrl]

Because men are afraid of our lady parts

[@brahmburgers]

Great women, both. American icons. Lily in 'All of Me' with Steve Martin - is stellar.

[@SoberOKMoments]

Two beautiful women still. Lovely to see them.

[@davidarmillie4226]

One of my favorite broadway stage shows is The Search for signs of intelligent life in the universe! I love Lily Tomlin! Is Jane Fonda the mysterious "Jane Wagner" ????

[@Kleineganz]

No. Jane Fonda looks nothing like Jane Wagner (a quick Google search will clear that up).

[@davidarmillie4226]

@@Kleineganz But wait! What is the story??

[@Kleineganz]

@@davidarmillie4226 Which story? If you mean about Lily and Jane Wagner, it's documented on Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Tomlin#Personal_life

[@mbethwebb9415]

This is gold

[@magsd830]

"Detroit, Michigan Right?"... "Michigan, Detroit".... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

I felt like I was sitting in their living room. It was so comfortable, and they articulated their formative feminist experiences so well. I related to that and appreciate how they put words to such a common experience. ❤️ I'm grateful to them and just want to give them a hug. I will definitely go see them in theaters! I also just signed my divorce papers from an "undemocratic" marriage to an angry, controling man. It's the most liberating thing! Onwards and upwards, Jane! 🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽

[@dorotheevonwerder4303]

Congratulations to be brave enough to do so❣️I did it 2 times 😅

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

@@dorotheevonwerder4303 Thank you very much. Congratulations to you, too. xxx I wish you a healthy, nourishing marriage and beautiful family.

[@KCNwokoye]

Love them!

[@apster2645]

Both loved

[@reelburke]

Literally relationship goals

[@sharmanr.hankins8372]

❤❤

[@BornIn82]

That interview was too short, even for them...

[@kellycook3914]

Icons ❤️

[@rufusreir1732]

I so wish I could be a cat on a chair listening to these two chat away

[@calibby85]

I wish I was a cat too lol

[@archangel807]

Fonda 2024

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

Wouldn’t 8 years of JF be healthy for the world

[@magsd830]

I just can't love these women even more...

[@eileen1820]

Perhaps if you were a baby in the womb you'd think differently.

[@bjdefilippo447]

These ladies are just amazing! I hope to grow into their strength.

[@billboyle1588]

I'm an old "New Frontier" Kennedy Democrat. I started burning incense and wearing flared, blue jeans in 1970. But if I heard someone at Democratic Headquarters say something as schmaltzy as you just did, I'd get a MAGA hat and never take it off!

[@ridinthewaves2681]

🥰🥰

[@bobknapp1969]

Ho Chi Minh was a brutal mass-murderer of landlords. Ken Burns himself showed this of Ho in a book on Vietnam.

[@jaysiegel4742]

part 2

[@glendagaskin151]

Feminism has been the cause much confusion for women. God set the rules and He never changes.

[@aazh9869]

OMG I LOVE THEM

[@clamourincessant6974]

These two should go on the road.

[@eileen1820]

Jane should go to Confession

[@5554132]

💖💖

[@emu_warrior]

I like how she said "is that the end?". It's so insulting to have literal ICONS on your show and only have them on for 6 minutes. Like seriously, you hear some pre planned tid bits and nothing else, these warriors are being spit on by some nothing person hosting a show for clicks and money. yuck

[@NewMessage]

Was that 'it was hard..." the end of the commercial break convo about the lap sitting?

[@watersportsbyjamesfitzroy5870]

Didn’t they just had a movie?