Parton, who died Tuesday in Nashville<\/a>, Tennessee, appeared with Roberts, now 58, on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1989 to promote the movie. In a clip from that appearance that has resurfaced in the wake of Parton\u2019s death,<\/a> Roberts shared that Parton had given her a crucial piece of advice during a sweltering day filming in the Louisiana summer heat.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone had ice on their wrist and was doing the whole thing, everyone was like, \u2018It\u2019s hot, can I get some water?\u2019 And I finally just had to say, \u2018Dolly, I mean, you\u2019ve got a wig and the wool. Come on, it\u2019s hot, sweat a little, you know? Just say \u2018I\u2019m hot,\u2019 you know. \u2018This is a drag!\u2019\u201d Roberts recalled to host Winfrey.<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cAnd she said \u2014 I remember we were sitting on the porch, do you remember this? And she said to me, \u2018When I was a little girl, I wanted to be famous and I wanted to be rich, and now I\u2019m both those things. I\u2019m not going to complain about it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Roberts said that she took the advice to never complain very seriously and that she\u2019s \u201cnever forgotten it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI thought, \u2018Okay, I\u2019m going to be quiet for the rest of the day,\u2019\u201d she said at the time. <\/p>\n \u201cIt was the way she said it, and I didn\u2019t really do it her way, or else it\u2019ll choke me up, but it was this thing and I\u2019ve never forgotten it. And every time I go to complain or just kind of moan, I always hear Dolly sitting on the porch and saying that, and it kind of keeps you quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n In the film, Parton played the Louisiana beauty salon owner Truvy Jones<\/a>, while Roberts, who was only two years into her acting career at the time, played Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie, a young, headstrong bride.<\/p>\n The movie, which followed the lives of a group of women supporting each other through life\u2019s ups and downs, also starred Sally Field, Daryl Hannah, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Tom Skerritt and Sam Shepard.<\/p>\n After the news of Parton\u2019s death, Roberts paid tribute to in a statement, saying: \u201cDolly was a magical and joyous human. I hold knowing her as a treasure in my life. The sun has dimmed today.\u201d<\/p>\n MacLaine, 92, wrote, \u201cGod sent her to us, and she has returned home.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Julia](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dolly-parton-julia-roberts-steel-magnolias-082526-37a65f44a48d4ea299963401bfba8c08-copy.jpeg\")
Julia Roberts has shared the piece of advice that Dolly Parton gave her at the beginning of her career, and she hasn\u2019t forgotten it (Sony)![\"Parton](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Steel_magnolias_poster.jpeg\")
Parton and Roberts appeared alongside Sally Field, Daryl Hannah, Shirley MacLaine and Olympia Dukakis in \u2018Steel Magnolias\u2019 (Public domain)<\/p>\n
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Dolly Parton\u2019s most memorable film performance was portraying the Louisiana beauty salon owner Truvy Jones in \u2018Steel Magnolias\u2019 (Tri-Star Pictures)![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01M0X2N4V3DTCXEGT0X32DH47J.jpg\")
The Queen of Country, Dolly Parton, died in Nashville following a \u2018brief battle with cancer,\u2019 her representative said (PA)<\/p>\n