Dolly Parton Once Revealed Hollywood’s Best Kisser [WATCH]

Dolly Parton was nothing if not honest and — as long as you weren't talking politics — candid. Many years ago she talked about acting across from some of Hollywood's leading men.

Find two clips of her discussing on-screen romance below. The first (at 4:40) is from a conversation with Jay Leno. Later (at 5:40), she discusses kissing with David Letterman.

"They all tempted me," Parton tells Leno, who asked which of her co-stars were most appealing. "I didn't say I was dead, I said I was married."

• Dolly Parton died at age 80 on Aug. 25, 2026.
• She'd admitted to health challenges over the past year but never let on that any were serious.
• A statement from her publicist adds that Parton died peacefully in Nashville after a short cancer battle.

Related: Chris Stapleton Tributes Dolly Parton With a Classic

"The best kisser for sure was Stallone," she says, referring to her Rhinestone co-star Sylvester Stallone. A few seconds later she remembers enjoying his big, soft lips.

"But James Woods ... you wouldn't believe how James Woods can kiss. In fact, I tell him every time I see him, you want a kiss?"

Talking to Letterman, Parton said Woods was very passionate. "We danced together, did a lot of choreography. We liked each other so much that when it did get to the love scenes we really were into it, and he was a great kisser."

Woods and Parton starred in a 1992 film called Straight Talk.

Both men took to social media in the hours and days after Parton's Aug. 25 death. Woods shared a photo of the two of them with a caption that said, "Heaven has found its voice. Rest in His arms, angel."

Stallone shared a wild story of the time the two of them fell off a horse.

Other well-known Dolly Parton films include Steel Magnolias, 9 to 5 and the Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. The last movie she acted in (aside from cameos) was Joyful Noise in 2012.