Jennifer Aniston is carrying a little bit of Dolly Parton’s wisdom with her.
Just days after the country music legend’s death, Aniston shared a piece of advice Parton once gave her and it’s the kind of simple, hopeful message that feels especially meaningful now.
At a recent event at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, Jennifer Aniston opened up about the advice her late collaborator and friend Dolly Parton once shared with her – words that have clearly stayed with the Friends star long after she first heard them. When asked what wisdom she would pass along to others, Aniston didn’t hesitate to credit Parton, who died on Aug. 25 at the age of 80, as first reported by People.
“She would say, ‘I chased a few rainbows and I caught some and I caught a few,'” Aniston recalled warmly. “So I would say just go chase your dreams and go catch some rainbows. Chase rainbows.”
It’s the kind of advice that could only come from Dolly: equal parts poetic, practical, and irresistibly optimistic. And coming from a woman who spent a lifetime turning dreams into reality, the words carry real weight.
Aniston and Parton had a special connection that went beyond their friendship. The two worked together on the 2018 film Dumplin’, which starred Danielle Macdonald as a teenager who enters a beauty pageant and finds confidence along the way. Aniston played her mother, a former beauty queen, while Parton contributed music to the film’s soundtrack, including the Grammy- and Golden Globe-nominated song “Girl in the Movies.”
Their friendship clearly ran deeper than a single project. Aniston has also been working on a reimagining of the 1980 film 9 to 5 (the movie that marked Parton’s acting debut), and Dolly gave it her blessing, saying of Aniston, “I love Jennifer. I think it’ll be a wonderful thing.”
In a world that moves fast and forgets faster, it’s nice to be reminded to slow down and chase a few rainbows.