I've never compromised who I am not ever. If I've gotten anywhere in my life it's been on my own merits. Cher More Quotes by Cher More Quotes From Cher I never read in school. I got really bad grades-D's and F's and C's in some classes, and A's and B's in other classes. In the second week of the 11th grade, I just quit. When I was in school, it was really difficult. Almost everything I learned, I had to learn by listening. My report cards always said that I was not living up to my potential. Cher listening class school It was always 'Cher', I never thought of myself as anything but 'Cher'. Cher I'm not gonna become Ann Bancroft or Meryl Streep and have all the burden that being a "serious actress" entails. Cher burden actresses serious My relationships usually last a few years. When I'm involved with a man, other men are fascinated with me, but the minute I'm single again, half of those men disappear because they don't have the balls to really want me. Cher balls men years I'm like a bumper car. When I did an infomercial I was fodder for every TV comedy show. I couldn't get a job. People said I was a huge joke. I've been a joke so many times. I've been on my way out since I started, but I'm strong-willed. My mother is so much tougher than I am and my grandmother is so much tougher than my mother. Cher strong mother jobs I'm the female equivalent of a counterfeit $20 bill. Half of what you see is a pretty good reproduction, the rest is a fraud. Cher female body half I haven't a clue why I've lasted so long. There's no reason. There are many people more talented than me. I think it's luck. Cher long people thinking I don't like my voice that much. I think I'm a much better actress than singer. Singing is like going to a party at someone else's house. Acting is like having the party at your own house. When you go to someone else's house for a party, it's not your responsibility at all, but when you have the party at your own house, there's a lot of responsibility. Everyone has to have a good time. So for me, acting is deeper. Cher party responsibility thinking I'm not a role model, nor have I ever tried to be a role model. The only thing about me as a role model is I've managed to stay here and be working and survive. For 40 years. Cher role-models roles years I'm learning English at the moment. I can say 'Big Ben', 'Hello Rodney', 'Tower Bridge' and 'Loo'. Cher hello towers bridges Sometimes I feel like an old hooker. Cher complaints complaining sometimes Sometimes you have to show a little skin. This reminds boys of being naked, and then they think of sex. Cher clueless boys sex Where's my white collarless shirt from Fred Segal? It's my most capable-looking outfit! Cher clueless shirts white I don't like Bush. I don't trust him. I don't like his record. He's stupid. He's lazy. Cher lazy records stupid I'm from a Gypsy background! Cher gypsy backgrounds Christian said he'd call the next day, but in boy time that meant Thursday. Cher clueless christian boys Some years I'm the coolest thing that ever happened, and then the next year everyone's so over me, and I'm just so past my sell date. Cher next-year past years I am never offended when I see the drag-queens dressed up like me. Cher like-me drag queens I can't do coffee, but I can do Dr. Pepper. Cher peppers drs coffee I really don't think of myself as a singer. I think of myself as an entertainer, and the best place I do it is onstage. Cher best-place singers thinking
