Lily Tomlin Interview 1984 Brian Linehan's City Lights

In this interview from 1984, Lily Tomlin talks about All of Me, her film with Steve Martin, the character Ernestine from Laugh-In, Carl Reiner, and working with Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda in 9 to 5.
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[@patrislemair1754]

just watching her speak is so heartwarming, i love her

[@oliviazimmerli90]

Yeah me too😉🥰

[@Tuie1956]

She is highly intelligent and talented beyond anyone I have seen.

[@vinyltapelover]

I have been a fan of Lily Tomlin, early on, from watching her on 60s, 70s variety shows, talk shows, and Laugh In. Transition into to the big screen blew me away in seeing some more of her versatility. But I just realized, at 72 years of age I knew little of who she is and what an enormous, wide ranging, talented actress she was. I didn't have a sense of her strength and depth of character until I recently seeing her on an old Johnny Carson you tube video. She answered questions about herself and her career candidly. She and Johnny did an improvisation, of a scene from a play. Miss Tomlin also did a monologue from a one woman show she did, if I recall correctly. She was amazing and powerful. As her segment with Johnny continued, it seemed he became uncertain how to interact with this force of nature and maybe she with him. To take something she said to Roseanne about being shy in meeting a personality she admired. Maybe it was two shy people, her and Johnny, meeting for the first time and not having enough time to to establish a comfortable relationship.

[@marcomanino8884]

Brian is by far the greatest interviewer there ever was or has been. He’s always so prepared and has a wealth of knowledge on his subject that makes for what seems like an effortless interaction between two friends. He was also well liked and trusted by so many in the industry that they would share with him stories that with their permission he would then bring up during his interviews later on.

[@sampson3121]

He was the best and still is. Some people are just used to fluff straight to the point interviews, or glamour interviews. RIP Brian, thanks for all the great work.

[@melissamaylath2289]

I love her in 9 to 5. The incredible shirking woman, all of me. She makes me lol , I think she's extremely underrated, she's an amazing talent,

[@vinyltapelover]

@Yo Mama I agree with you 100%.

[@Ma_Ba]

Brian Linehan's City Lights has a great body of interviews. Thanks for posting.

[@teadrinkerfication9160]

Wow. This is incredible!

[@christianbernardsinger1216]

Love her and he was the absolute best!

[@itsginoramirez]

Love Lily ❤️

[@mysilverscreendiary]

How adorable is Lily 😍

[@tliszt]

A fantastic interview. I love Lily!

[@rebeccapayne5933]

Delightful!!!

[@mauricepowers3804]

Love Lily!! This interviewer is weird!!!!

[@sampson3121]

why is Brian weird?

[@Gaish]

why is that? he asks great questions and lily seems to like him.

[@johnwest194]

i flew to washington dc to see her one woman show and it was brilliant then waited backstage to ask for her autograph which she gabe while holding her dog

[@melissamaylath2289]

I love that line the real leaders teach people to lead themselves . im going remember that. She seemed so smart & so poised. And the interviewer seemed kinda pompous & hoity.

[@babe7401]

I like the way in which she often seats 😂

[@babe7401]

It's called "parure", Lily....it's not a problem, anyway....love you!

[@glittermuse-1]

Good interview, but I think he was baiting her to come out! LOL

[@SkeeterNYC]

Lily rules! Was this interviewer a former EST teacher or something?

[@soleilmoonguy6618]

“...Stare at these stones on a loop for hours..” ...... .... “ .. no im not wearing any jewelry...”

[@raykincaid]

I enjoy and admire Lily Tomlin so much but my god, Linehan is soooo pretentious. His manner of speaking is so affected. And his need to assert himself as the smartest person in the room is just weird. I strongly believe celebs only went on his show because they had to promote something and there were few outlets for that in Canada.

[@beckyknight1219]

This interviewer is so hard to listen to..

[@sampson3121]

He was the best. No bullshit, he studied his subjects before doing any interview. Better than the fluff bull they cal interviews today.