Transcript for Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin on their nearly 50-year friendship
>> JANE, I HAVE TO SAY YOU LOOK
WONDERFUL.
>> LOOK AT THIS.
THIS QUADRANT IS GRAY AND BLACK.
THIS QUADRANT IS FUCHSIA AND RED
AND YELLOW AND GREEN.
>> WE HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
AUDIENCE ALWAYS.
>> YES, WE DO.
>> I HAVE TO TELL YOU, JANE,
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU.
I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU FIRST.
YOU HAD A HARD YEAR.
YOU WERE DIAGNOSED WITH -- WHAT
WAS IT AGAIN?
>> LYMPHOMA.
HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA.
>> YOU'RE IN REMISSION NOW,
RIGHT?
>> YES.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> GORGEOUS AS EVER.
NOTHING STOPS YOU.
GORGEOUS AS EVER.
>> NO.
>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> I FEEL GREAT.
I FEEL BLESSED.
I FEEL SO LUCKY.
>> YES.
>> WONDERFUL.
>> LILY, I KNOW YOU THOUGHT SHE
HANDLED IT BEAUTIFULLY.
YOU PRAISED HER FOR IT I
THOUGHT.
>> YEAH, WELL, SHE HANDLES
EVERYTHING PRETTY WELL.
>> SHE DOES?
>> EXCEPT FOR ME.
>> WHAT DID YOU ADMIRE THE MOST
ABOUT HER?
>> YEAH.
>> WHAT DID I WHAT?
>> WHAT DO YOU ADMIRE THE MOST
ABOUT ME?
>> HOW SHE HANDLED HER
DIAGNOSIS.
>> QUIT SCREAMING.
WELL, I JUST -- BECAUSE SHE'S
ABSOLUTELY INDOMINABLE.
FROM THE TIME I MET HER -- WHEN
WAS IT?
>> THE LATE '70s.
>> SHE WAS TRYING TO GET US TO
DO "9 TO 5" AND SHE SAID WE HAD
TO TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH.
SHE MEANT THAT SO DEEPLY FROM
HER HEART.
THAT'S ALL THERE WAS TO IT.
I GLOMMED RIGHT ON TO HER.
>> HAVEN'T STOPPED GLOMMING.
>> IF I HAD HER HEAD OF HAIR, I
WOULD HAVE HER HAIR CAUGHT.
>> SHE DOES HAVE NICE HAIR.
>> 50 YEARS INTO A FRIENDSHIP.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST
MET?
>> TOTALLY.
>> SHE SWEPT IN AND I WAS
PLAYING --
>> SWEPT.
>> YOU TELL IT.
>> I'M NOT A SWEEP IN KIND OF
PERSON.
>> YOU PROBABLY HAD A FUNDRAISER
TO GO TO.
YOU WERE TRYING TO GET IN AND
OUT AND DO YOUR PITCH.
SHE WAS WEARING A CAPE AND SHE
HAD THE BIG HEAD OF HAIR.
WE WERE ALL REALLY EXCITED
BECAUSE SHE WAS A BIG STAR.
>> YEAH, SHE HAS BEEN A BIG STAR
FOR A LONG TIME.
>> WE JUST MENTIONED IT.
SARA AND I ARE HUGE FANS OF "9
TO 5."
I CAN SING THE SONG.
I CAN DO ALL THAT.
>> YES.
>> IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE
MOVIES.
IT JUST IS.
IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN
YOU TWO, PLUS DOLLY PARTON'S IN
IT.
CAME OUT IN THE '80s AND WAS SO
AHEAD OF ITS TIME, I THINK, IN
HOW IT ADDRESSED SEXUAL
HARASSMENT AND PAY INEQUITY,
WHICH UNFORTUNATELY -- I JUST
GAVE A SPEECH ON MONDAY ABOUT
THE SAME THING.
PAY INEQUITY, SEXUAL HARASSMENT
IN THE WORKPLACE.
ONE OF YOU SAID IT WOULD BE A
HARD SEQUEL TO DO NOW.
WHY?
>> WELL, IT WOULD BE NOT A HARD
SEQUEL IF YOU HAVE THE WRITERS
THAT WOULD DO THE RESEARCH.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A
SCRIPT THAT WE LIKED BECAUSE IT
WASN'T REALLY BASED ON REALITY.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT "9 TO 5"
MADE A DIFFERENCE WHEN IT CAME
OUT IN THE EARLY '80s IS BECAUSE
WE SPENT YEARS RESEARCHING WHAT
WAS GOING ON IN THE OFFICE.
IT'S VERY DIFFERENT TODAY AND IT
REQUIRES A WRITER DOING THAT
RESEARCH.
>> IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ABOUT THE
ME TOO SCANDAL.
THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING.
>> AND PAY INEQUITY.
>> WOMEN NEED TO SHARE THEIR
SALARIES.
>> THE CHARACTERS IF WE DID IT
NOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TWO
OR THREE JOBS.
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE A
LIVING AGE.
WE WOULD NEVER PROBABLY MEET THE
BOSS.
THEY KNOW.
THEY'RE NODDING.
WE WOULD HAVE CONTRACTED OUT.
WE WOULD HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY A
CONTRACTING FIRM AND HIRED OUT
AND WE WOULD NEVER KNOW WHO TO
COMPLAIN TO IF OUR WAGES WERE
STOLEN.
IT'S HORRIBLE TODAY.
>> PROBABLY FEW BENEFITS.
NO ONE WOULD BE DIRECTLY --
>> WE WOULDN'T GET BENEFITS
BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE AN UBER
DRIVER NOW.
>> RIGHT.
>> WE HAVEN'T COME AS FAR AS WE
HOPED.
ON A LIGHTER NOTE, LILY, WHEN
YOU WERE FILMING "9 TO 5" YOU
SAY JANE WORKED OUT EVERY DAY
EVEN BEFORE THE JANE FONDA
WORK-OUTS BECAME A SENSATION.
DID YOU EVER JOIN HER?
>> A COUPLE TIMES.
SHE SWEARS I NEVER SHOWED UP AT
ALL.
THE FACT IS I WAS RIGHT THERE,
RIGHT AT HER ELBOW.
>> MAYBE YOU WERE HIDING BEHIND
A POLE.
>> WHAT?
>> WERE YOU HIDING?
>> I DID HIDE TO AVOID THAT
EXERTION.
THERE WAS A MIRROR.
IT WAS A HUGE MIRROR.
THEN I WOULD SORT OF BE BEHIND
HER AND SHE REALLY -- IT
WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED.
SHE WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN ME ANYWAY
SHE WAS SO DEEPLY INTO THE
EXERCISE.
AND I WOULD LIKE DRAG MY FINGERS
ON THE FLOOR LIKE IN RHYTHM TO
WHAT SHE WAS DOING.
>> YOU STILL DO THIS, RIGHT,
JANE, YOU STILL EXERCISE EVERY
DAY, DON'T YOU?
>> NO.
>> YOU DON'T?
>> WELL, I MEAN, I'M BUSIER NOW
THAN I WAS THEN.
ISN'T THAT WEIRD?
>> THAT IS WEIRD.
>> SO WEIRD AT 85 I'M BUSIER
THAN I WAS --
>> WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> GOOD FOR HER.
LOOK AT HER.
>> PARTLY BECAUSE THE MOVIE
BUSINESS IS WAKING UP FINALLY
AND REALIZED THAT OLDER WOMEN
ARE THE FASTEST GROWING
DEMOGRAPHIC IN THE WORLD.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> YEAH.
>> SO, YOU KNOW, THEN -- YOU
KNOW, SOME OF US WHO WERE --
HAVE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR A
LONG TIME AND SOME OF US HAVE
WON A FEW AWARDS -- I MEAN SHE'S
GOT 100 EMMYS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WE DECIDED IF WE PUT WOMEN
TOGETHER, WE CAN CHECK OFF THAT
BOX.
>> SHE HAS A NOBEL PRIZE.
>> JANE DOES?
>> IF SHE DOESN'T, SHE HAS TO
GET ONE SOON.
JUST GET SOMEWHERE AND SIT DOWN.
>> I WORKOUT.
I HAVE A TRAINER THAT COMES AND
FOCUSES ON OLDER PEOPLE.
MY WORKOUTS NOWADAYS ARE -- SOME
OF THE OLD MOVES --
>> SOME OF THIS?
>> THEY'RE SLOWER.
>> PILATES.
>> YEAH, PILATES.
>> SARA IS OUR YOU.
A LOT OF RUNNING AROUND AND
GETTING PEOPLE TO LIFT WEIGHTS.
>> WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK.
WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS SEGMENT.
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