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Dolly Parton looks back on her acting career: 'I made a better whore than I did a secretary'
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Miloch
Jul 21, 2021, 8:19:48 PM7/21/21
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Parton recalled her roles in '9 to 5,' Steel Magnolias' and 'The Best Little
Whorehouse in Texas'
Dolly Parton reflected on her acting career during a preview of an interview
with Tim McGraw on Apple Music's Beyond the Influence Radio show.
The 75-year-old country music star told McGraw that she always took acting parts
that were "pretty close" to her own personality in the clip shared Tuesday.
"I only take parts that are pretty close to my own personality," Parton said.
"I have never yet done one of those scenes that was that far-fetched. Even when
I did ‘Steel Magnolias’, I played a beautician. If I hadn't made it in the music
business, I would have been a beautician. So I understood that."
"When I read that part for ‘9 to 5’, it was a girl from Texas and she was so
much like me anyway," Parton added. "So that was not that far-fetched, even 'The
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.' Although I made a better whore than I did a
secretary, but it was still parts of my personality that I could relate to."
Parton revealed she had been offered acting roles before she starred in "9 to 5"
but didn't think she was "ready."
"I had been asked a lot of times to be in the movies and I didn't think I was
quite ready yet," Parton told McGraw. "I also thought, well, if the right thing
came along, I might be willing to do it, because I was still building my music
career at the time."
"Then when ‘9 to 5’ came along, had Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, they were both
so hot at the time and I thought, 'Well, if there's any time to start, this
would be now because if it's a big hit, then I can share in the glory of it. If
it's a failure, I can blame it all on them and I'll walk away free,'" the
country music star said.
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Parton recalled her roles in '9 to 5,' Steel Magnolias' and 'The Best Little
Whorehouse in Texas'
Dolly Parton reflected on her acting career during a preview of an interview
with Tim McGraw on Apple Music's Beyond the Influence Radio show.
The 75-year-old country music star told McGraw that she always took acting parts
that were "pretty close" to her own personality in the clip shared Tuesday.
"I only take parts that are pretty close to my own personality," Parton said.
"I have never yet done one of those scenes that was that far-fetched. Even when
I did ‘Steel Magnolias’, I played a beautician. If I hadn't made it in the music
business, I would have been a beautician. So I understood that."
"When I read that part for ‘9 to 5’, it was a girl from Texas and she was so
much like me anyway," Parton added. "So that was not that far-fetched, even 'The
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.' Although I made a better whore than I did a
secretary, but it was still parts of my personality that I could relate to."
Parton revealed she had been offered acting roles before she starred in "9 to 5"
but didn't think she was "ready."
"I had been asked a lot of times to be in the movies and I didn't think I was
quite ready yet," Parton told McGraw. "I also thought, well, if the right thing
came along, I might be willing to do it, because I was still building my music
career at the time."
"Then when ‘9 to 5’ came along, had Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, they were both
so hot at the time and I thought, 'Well, if there's any time to start, this
would be now because if it's a big hit, then I can share in the glory of it. If
it's a failure, I can blame it all on them and I'll walk away free,'" the
country music star said.
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