
We used them, but now they're back in the jewelry box. I went into the jewelry box and found one made out of denim with a stone in it, and another little expandable ring with beads on it. Lily: My partner, Jane Wagner, and I married kind of impulsively a year ago after being together 43 years. There was no bombing at the time there were no planes overhead it was not an active gun.

I will say that the context is something people don't understand. Jane: I'm not someone who dwells on regrets, but it was a terrible mistake sitting on the antiaircraft. The only thing I could see was, during Patricia McBride's presentation, the word "transcendent." I tried to change seats with Tom to see what the president was texting. Tom Hanks was sitting on one side of me, and Sting - clapping like a 3-year-old with his fingers spread - sat on the other side. It was just a happening, and I loved being part of it. I guess I'm supposed to say something like, "Oh, it was the ultimate moment of my career," but I didn't feel that way. Lily: When I received the Kennedy Center Honor last year, it was nice it was fun. One of the good things about getting older is that when you come to a standstill, you say to yourself either "I'll stay here" or "I have to change something." I've needed to shake things up - and did. I get so much from work, and I continually try to improve. There are any number of things I could do. I might not be able to continue acting at some point, but then I can write or produce.

I'll never say, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is my last performance." Maybe my last for that day, sure, but not my last "last." Lily: Everything I've experienced has gone into my material. As I got closer to that age, I thought, "Gee, I never thought this day would come." But you know what? I'm 75, and it's not bad. Lily: In my 30s, I started doing a character named Sister Boogie Woman, who was 77. Research suggests that older people feel happier and less hostile, and that life gets easier. But for most people, life is more of an upward evolution. Jane: I hope with our new series, Grace and Frankie, we dispel the traditional view of aging: You're born, you peak at midlife, then you decline into age.
