Dolly Parton explains why she's "almost like three people" | 60 Minutes Archive
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Dolly Parton describes herself as three distinct people—the private person, the public star, and the manager—who each handle different aspects of her life and career. She views her success and memorabilia with fresh perspective, seeing it as both her own history and as if it belonged to someone else. She embraces all parts of her identity as a "rainbow," while acknowledging there are still private aspects she keeps to herself.
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This is called Chasing Rainbows Museum and some of everything I've ever done is in here. Every award I've won, every gold record, platinum record and it's really got a lot of memories.
When asked if she ever grows more than just a little blasé about all that success, Dolly responds that she doesn't. She explains that when she looks at the museum contents, it's like going back in time. It's almost like somebody else or like it was a million years ago and she thinks, "Well, did I do all that?" She remembers every single thing when she looks at the clothes or pictures, but it's like it was somebody else and yet she knows it's her.
No, I don't get blasé about it. I think it's great.
When complimented on being a brilliant marketer of Dolly Parton, she responds that she'd like to think she's a very professional Dolly Parton. She notes she can't tell somebody else what to do with their stuff, but she just really loves what she does and has found a way to do it. She loves the business end of the business.
They say show business, well, this is part of the business end of it.
Dolly describes herself as almost like three people:
- There's me, the Dolly, the person
- There's me, the star
- There's me, the manager
The manager has to kind of take care and decide on things. When it's pointed out that there's really four people because she's been through the three public people, she agrees that's true too. There's somebody else underneath all that, all those sequins.
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