(Hot tip: leave the lard out of it.)
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original songs for the soundtrack, so it just came out of this progress like that.
Dolly Parton.Credit: Vera Anderson/WireImage
I had nothing to do with that!
I just told them Id be happy to do whatever.
I just love her.
Did you grow up at all with pageants like the ones in the movie?No.
So yeah that was not a big deal in our home town, not a great big deal.
The film has more than few Dolly impersonators in it.
What does it take to do a good Dolly?
because I love all that overdone stuff.
How do you feel about the message of the movie?
If you’re free to improve yourself, thats great!
And if you cant, then learn to live with it and accept and love yourself as you are.
Wear it well, as they say.
So its really just about knowing that you dont have to be physically beautiful to be special.
The official motto of the book is Go big or go home.
And thats really been in a roundabout way what a lot of those other ones are sayin.
Do it with purpose, and on purpose.
Can you tell us anything about the9 to 5remake?Yeah!
Well were hopin to be a part of it.
Were supposed to get a script.
So we were gonna get the first draft right away.
Were all so excited about it, Ive beenadvertisingthat we are doing it.
So it seemed to be the perfect time to do it.
You know how some things just happen at the right time?
So Ill be doin a lot of bit parts in a lot of those movies.
I own some sweatpants.
But I dont like them, they get too hot for me.
If it gets cold enough of course I got sweatpants!
There are so many women breaking down the old demographics in country music now.
Do you get much into TV or movies?
Its hard to see you as a binge watcher.I dont watch a lot of television.
My husband watches different TV than I do he loves documentaries and ball games and all that.
And I know theres some good ones out there!
Is that what its called?
[Laughs] But I just now gotThe Reckoningby John Grisham, so Im startin that this morning.
Do you actually make dumplings at home?Oh, Im the best!
Its my favorite dish, of all my brothers and sisters because I cook just like my mom.
But I still cook good!
I dont put lard in my dumplings, but Ive got the chicken fat in it.
So yes, I make the best dumplings ever, ever,ever.
I even make little containers of it and give to my brothers and sisters for Christmas.
[Laughs]
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