The Dolly Parton is an American Treasure Thread

My favorite story about Dolly, and one of my favorite stories of all time, was one that i heard told by one of her costars (cant remember which one) on a late night talk show (cant remember which one) years ago about working with Dolly on the old movie Steel Magnolias.. This actress said they were shooting at night, and it was an unseasonably cold night in Natchitoches La where they filmed the movie.. she said she was sitting on a back porch with Dolly, at 3am, after they’d been working for 16 or 17 hrs, and that they were freezing their arses off while the crew set up another shot, and everyone was *****ing and complaining .. she looked at Dolly who was just sitting quiet and smiling, and said, “Can you believe this? It’s freezing cold and theyre taking forever”... She said Dolly just looked at her, smiled and said “When i was a little girl, growing up poor- all i ever wanted to be was rich and famous.. Now I’m both, so you wont hear me complaining.”

You just cant teach that type of humility.