Miranda Lambert Idolizes Dolly Parton – But Doesn’t Want her Career

Miranda Lambert says she idolizes Dolly Parton; but she isn’t comfortable with the idea of becoming as big of a celebrity as Parton is.

“Dolly is a big one for me because it’s so much more than just the records—that’s where it starts and ends, and that’s why we all love Dolly.  But the movies and the charity work and the theme park and the book; now she’s on a dang cupcake box, what else can she do?” Lambert told Esquire.

While Lambert says Dolly’s ambition is something “we should all strive for,” she doesn’t want to give up her privacy in exchange for big celebrity status.  “That’s not something that I feel comfortable doing,”

Lambert says of expanding her brand into acting:  “It’s not to say that I wouldn’t dabble in it or try something, but that part of my life where tabloids came into the picture, all that invasion of privacy—I’m not willing to sacrifice that for any reason ever again,” Lambert said.