Lily Tomlin Quote

All my life I've wanted to be somebody. But now I see I should have been more specific.

Tomlin speaking as an ineffectual aerobics instructor

The search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Play, written by Jane Wagner). As quoted in The Comics Journal - Issue 114 (1987), p. 49. Sometimes quoted as: I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realise I should have been more specific.


All my life I've wanted to be somebody. But now I see I should have been more specific.

All my life I've wanted to be somebody. But now I see I should have been more specific.

All my life I've wanted to be somebody. But now I see I should have been more specific.

All my life I've wanted to be somebody. But now I see I should have been more specific.