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The Unbreakable Lily Tomlin: On Weed, Uppers, and Finally Taking the Lead

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In a freewheeling interview, Grace and Frankie star Lily Tomlin dishes on everything from aging in Hollywood to being Jane Fonda’s BFF and why she doesn’t go on benders anymore.

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“Oh my, I’m telling you everything.”

Lily Tomlin is minutes deep into another story tangent, this one about a two-week-long drinking bender she went on when a few boozy friends from Texas—“kind of alcoholic, highly functioning”—visited her and her partner Jane two years ago.

It comes as we’re discussing her characters in...

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