Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin on their nearly 50-year friendship

The actresses, who teamed up for their latest movie, "Moving On," on what a "9 to 5" sequel would be like today.
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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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