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Auditions blog: "My partner Jane has written so much stuff for which I'm credited, she is probably much closer to Mark Twain than I am because I'm really more of a performer," Tomlin said She recently joined the TV series "The West Wing" about life in the White House Tomlin, who came to fame as the humorously unpleasant telephone operator Ernestine, was awarded Mark Twain Prize for Comedy Sunday at the Kennedy Center "Even if I invent stuff it's not of the caliber of Jane Wagner or Mark Twain, so I was a little bit self conscious about it It includes a bronze reproduction of an 1884 bust of Mark Twain sculpted by Karl Gerhardt Last December, Tomlin was among more than 100 celebrity signers of a petition condemning Bush administration plans to wage a pre-emptive war in Iraq Previous winners of the Mark Twain Prize include Richard Pryor and Whoopi Goldberg Tomlin told The Associated Press she was pleased to have the prize, but it came with some proviso, and she doesn't want it to mean her career is over Among organizers of the petition drive was Martin Sheen, President Josiah Bartlet on "The West Wing," and other signers included fellow cast members Janel Moloney and Bradley Whitford " One of the many characters she takes on wonders thoughtfully: "What's the good of being a hedonist if you're not having a good time?" Tomlin stars in the later film version and in the eight-week rerun of the play, which opens Thursday at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles " Over 40 years ago Tomlin, now 64, won popularity in "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" with Ernestine's pompous attitude and lines like: "Have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?" Later stage successes included the one-woman show she co-wrote with Jane Wagner, the long-running "Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Tomlin Awarded Mark Twain Comedy Prize Oct 27, 11:20 AM EST Lily Tomlin said her lifetime achievement award makes her self-conscious |
