Julia Roberts Recalls Dolly Parton's Advice on Steel Magnolias Set

In a resurfaced clip from that appearance, Roberts shared that Parton offered crucial guidance during a sweltering day of filming in the Louisiana summer heat. "Everyone had ice on their wrist and was doing the whole thing, everyone was like, 'It's hot, can I get some water? And I finally just had to say, 'Dolly, I mean, you've got a wig and the wool.

Come on, it's hot, sweat a little, you know? Just say 'I'm hot, you know. 'This is a drag!'", Roberts recalled to host Oprah Winfrey.

Roberts continued: "And she said — I remember we were sitting on the porch, do you remember this? And she said to me, 'When I was a little girl, I wanted to be famous and I wanted to be rich, and now I'm both those things. I'm not going to complain about it." Roberts said she took the advice to never complain very seriously.

"I thought, 'Okay, I'm going to be quiet for the rest of the day, she said at the time. "It was the way she said it, and I didn't really do it her way, or else it'll choke me up, but it was this thing and I've 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.

In the film, Parton played Louisiana beauty salon owner Truvy Jones, while Roberts, only two years into her acting career, played Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie, a young, headstrong bride. The movie, which followed a group of women supporting each other through life's ups and downs, also starred Sally Field, Daryl Hannah, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Tom Skerritt and Sam Shepard. After news of Parton's death, Roberts paid tribute in a statement: "Dolly was a magical and joyous human.

I hold knowing her as a treasure in my life. The sun has dimmed today. MacLaine, 92, wrote, "God sent her to us, and she has returned home.

Hannah wrote: "Without exaggeration, Dolly Parton was one of the sharpest, funniest, and warmest people I've ever met. She is just the best example of how to be a great human." Field said: "If there are truly angels on earth, then we have just lost one. Dolly Parton.

There will never be another. The movie was one of Parton's big-screen roles across her career, which also included 9 to 5, Rhinestone and The Beverly Hillbillies. Parton's death was announced Tuesday by her nephew Bryan Seaver, who served as her head of security.

Her representative later confirmed she died in Nashville following a "brief battle" with cancer, surrounded by loved ones. Singer Miley Cyrus, Parton's goddaughter, remembered her "Aunt Dolly" as an "angel, saying, I will always love her and want to make her proud.