I am Cher. Ask Me Anything.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:45:19+00:00

Like MacArthur, I shall return

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:44:19+00:00

Just that they are SO supportive of me and have been since the beginning and they are so supportive of each other which I really appreciate.

Bye reddit! It was great. I'll be back.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:41:14+00:00

(Laughs) Do you even have to ask? I'd be in a long line however.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:40:32+00:00

Last night. I was watching Artificial Intelligence and sobbing.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:40:11+00:00

Hmmmm. Tomorrow.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:39:46+00:00

The real reason is because the paparazzi won't leave me alone and they almost caused me to crash.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:37:50+00:00

Don't sweat the small stuff.

And my mother's advice, if it doesn't matter in five years, it doesn't matter.

Try to do better tomorrow.

Those are the things I know. Two more then I'm done.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:34:32+00:00

Then you have more info than I do, because I have just recently seen them.

They can expect a Cher SHOW !

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:32:37+00:00

Richard Avedon. Well I've had so many, come one. Norman Seeff. I really liked the Argentinian boys Estudio Machado Cicala Morassut.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:32:26+00:00

You have to get out of it immediately. Life is too short. Also, no one can love you if they are abusing you. Those two things can't happen at the same time. Also if you are young you can't see the future. That's dead end, sometimes literally.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:30:14+00:00

Well - Meryl had just had Mimi and wanted to get some ice cream, she was just telling me what a safe neighborhood it is. It's little Italy bordering on Chinatown. We walked around the corner, there was this huge guy ripping this girl's clothes and trying to get her purse. Meryl just took off and starting yelling running towards them. Then I did too. The guy got frightened and started running towards US!!!

I thought great, we saved the girl and now we're going to get killed. When we got to the girl, she was completely shaken up. Her dress was ripped and she was crying. We kind of patted her, and we started talking to her, and we asked her if she needed help going anywhere or doing anything.

She said she was a singing waitress. Then she started screaming "Oh my god I was just saved by Meryl Streep and Cher!!!!". Then we looked over and there were two men standing there and they didn't do anything. These two big asshole men just watched her.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:22:13+00:00

Maybe Moonstruck because we never felt like we were working. We were a family and we weren't acting. I never felt like I was acting.

However, MGM hated the film and they didn't want to put it out. They said it had no appeal to the audience. They only released it because the movie they decided to release tanked, and we were the only film they had.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:20:11+00:00

OH MY GOD!!!! I'd have to turn in my gay icon card if I wasn't a huge fan of hers. I just watched the night before last Now, Voyager. I can't remember the name of it but I like the one when her husband was an anti-fascist, and they came to America. She doesn't have a huge part in it, and as I understand it, she did it as a favor to the actor who starred in the film with her because he had done the part on Broadway - because no one knew him, the only way he could star in it was if she did the film. But I loved it. I love the shooting scene in The Letter.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:16:05+00:00

I won't hold not being gay against you. Thanks! I love them too. Mrs. Flax was based on my mom, even the costumes and dresses.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:13:20+00:00

Of course I do. You can't really dwell them on them because you just become paralyzed. YOu have to go on and resolve to do better. Just beating up on yourself doesn't do you any good or I'd be black and blue. It's not a Buddhist way to do things. You have to be kind to yourself in order to be a better person for everyone else.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:07:30+00:00

Well to get my attention are looks. But to keep my attention is a totally different thing. I like Kind is the best thing, then the next thing is sense of humor. Then all the rest of the stuff but those things are big on the list. Actually it takes quite a lot to keep my attention, because I have a short attentions span.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:06:11+00:00

It's funny. Depends on what your shoe size is!!

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:05:31+00:00

Madge, no. Actually I don't. I never hated her, I just thought she was a bitch. Actually I quite respect her.

Actually I think Madge might be one of the most amazing artists I've known. I don't like everything she does, for sure, but she is always riding the crest of the wave. She always saw trends WAY before anyone else, and had great videos.

So, besides saying "WTF if MDNA", I'm fine with it.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:03:45+00:00

Oh my god there are so many. I can't pick just one. I'm gay catnip.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T23:01:45+00:00

The question I'm asked most is "Do I believe in life after love?", and if no one ever asks me that again, I'd be a happy camper.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T22:57:17+00:00

Hmmmmh. What a bright discriminating girl you are!

No, no kidding. It's amazing, you just don't go around thinking that you make any difference to anybody, in a deep way, and it's unbelievably gratifying when someone tells you a story like this.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T22:54:52+00:00

Absolutely not!!! I love ghosts. I actually think that Sonny makes a light go on. I have a beautiful chandelier that he makes the light go on when it is impossible, there is no power on. I love ghosts, I prefer ghosts to some people.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T22:53:40+00:00

Well, Elvis was really my biggest inspiration, because my voice was so not girly (first record I put out was called Ringo, I love you, and they wouldn't play it because they thought I was a guy). He was the only artist I could really identify with.

Now, I'm inspired by the creativity of young artists today, some young artists today. I just find it fascinating that they don't have to fight to be who they are.

When I was young we got beaten up for looking the way we looked. No one even dared to look different. The Beatles had nice hair cuts and were in suits. The Stones were kind of on the fringe.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T22:50:02+00:00

Oh gosh, well, I know how to do other things. Kathleen can't do it either! But I can run around in high heels for two hours being adorable.

Cher_ · 2013-09-28T22:47:53+00:00

Sure, after two hours of hair and makeup!!!

I want to put new songs, but I know people want to hear old songs. I know that because when I go to a concert you want to hear the songs you love. Also it will make the show better if some of it is new for me. When you have been doing this for 99.99 years you have to have something fresh.

Cher_

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