By James Hurley

Interviewer： Now， normally when we talk its...its usually about an album or a tour or something to do with music. But were gonna talk about your autobiography now， and I was wondering， cause having spoken to you in the past， you always struck me as quite a private person， and I was wondering， was it a tough decision， cause you...youre very， very honest in the book， and theres lots of stuff thats， you know， quite personal about your past. Was that a tough decision to write that stuff？

Cheryl： I mean it was. It was a...a battle with myself how I normally am， cause I am a very private person， but I just took enough of...of everybody elses rubbish， you know. Im sick of readin lies， Im sick of readin misquotes and...Enough was enough. It was time for me to put out my side of the story and the truth， and if I was gonna do it， I was gonna do it honestly and frankly and truthfully and not 1）beat around the bush， so once I made the decision I knew it was gonna be frank and open， and it was the best thing for me at that time.

Interviewer： OK. Set... 2）settin the record straight. Cheryl： Yeah， just...yeah， just puttin all the rumours to bed， and I would， you know， I was just tired of everything being 3）rehashed， everyone havin a 4）misinformed opinion on who they thought I was， and it just felt like the right thing to do.

Interviewer： Great. OK. One of the things that comes across very strongly from the book is that you had a real kind of burning ambition to...to make it from a quite young age. I was just wondering， where do you think that came from， and， you know， what drove you on？

Cheryl： Well， I was performin from a really young age， from a little baby really. I was three when I started takin dance classes， so I always really enjoyed performin. That was...that was more the thing than anything else. I just couldnt see a future of doin anything else. I didnt like school，if Im honest. I always just loved performin. Thats where the passion came from. I wouldnt say driven being an ambition to make it. I wouldve probably settled for performin in any capacity. Just I knew thats what I wanted to do with me life.

Interviewer： OK. Im glad you mentioned school because that relates to my next question. One of...one of the funny bits in the book you had a， was it a maths teacher that said，“Cheryl Tweedy， youll amount to nothing .” I was just wondering ， you know， how did you...how do y o u c o p e w i t h 5）knockbacks and people not having faith in you？ Did it affect you？

Cheryl： I mean， me dad was always like that too， you know. He was always the one saying “Get your head out the clouds. You know， this is ridiculous. Yes its a dream， and I understand that every teenage girl wants to be a pop star or...” But I just knew in me heart thats what I was supposed to do， so it didnt really affect us in that way. It was more like “OK， cool story bro...thats your opinion， but Ill do it.” And I said to me dad one day，“Well be watching ‘6）Top of the Pops and Ill be on there.” And we did， and hell never forget...

Interviewer： How old were you when he said that？

Cheryl： I think， like， eight or nine.

Interviewer： OK. And my final 7）designated question is， youre obviously， as...as Im sure you know，youre...youre a real inspiration and a role model to young girls and...and young women， who， what， full stop， but particularly ones who want to kinda get into this business. What advice would you give to a young female who wants to follow in your footsteps？ Cheryl： I mean， it really is amazing to think that I once was a person lookin for someone to inspire， to aspire to be like， and now I can be that person for somebody else. Thats a really special feelin. But my advice would be that you need to know this industry inside out. You know， its not...its not the red carpets and the parties and the glamour that you see. Its really hard work， and its...its a dedication， you know， its a lot of sacrifice and a lot of dedication， and you have to be sure that this is what you want to do with your life. And I would say practice， practice， practice. You cant ever practice enough.

Interviewer： Great. Well， Cheryl， thank you very much for that.

Cheryl： Thank you.

采訪者：平時我們所聊的話題一般都是關(guān)于專輯、巡演或者跟音樂有關(guān)的東西。但現(xiàn)在我們要聊的是你的自傳。我非常好奇，因為之前跟你有過交談，你給我的印象一直都是很注重保護個人隱私的，所以我想知道，這對你來說是不是一個艱難的決定？因為你在書中十分坦白，寫了很多，你知道，關(guān)于你過去的很私人的事情。把這些事情寫出來是不是一個很艱難的決定？

謝麗爾：確實是。我內(nèi)心掙扎了很久，和平常的自己做斗爭，因為我對個人隱私很重視，但我真的受夠了……受夠了別人的那些廢話，你知道的。我不想再看到那些假話，那些亂七八糟的引用……真的夠了。是時候我把自己的故事和事情的真相說出來了，如果要說的話，我就要真實地說，坦白地說，而不是遮遮掩掩。所以一作出這個決定我就知道這會是一本坦率、直白的書，這么做在當時對我來說是最好的。

采訪者：沒錯，為自己澄清一下。

謝麗爾：對，就是……就是讓所有的謠言停下來。你知道，我只是厭倦了人們反反復(fù)復(fù)地說那些東西，厭倦了人們因為不了解我而對我產(chǎn)生的錯誤看法，我覺得我應(yīng)該寫本自傳。

采訪者：很好。這本書中傳遞出一個非常明確的信息，那就是，你從很小的時候就有一種強烈的雄心壯志，一定要取得成功。我很想知道，你的這種想法是怎么來的，是什么驅(qū)使著你去實現(xiàn)這個抱負？

謝麗爾：呃，我從非常小的時候就開始表演了，事實上從我還是個嬰孩的時候就開始了。我三歲就開始上舞蹈班，所以一直以來我都很喜歡表演。這對我來說比任何東西都重要。我無法想象將來會從事表演以外的工作。老實說，我不喜歡上學。我一直都只是喜歡表演。我的熱情就是這么來的，不能說是有什么東西在驅(qū)使著我去實現(xiàn)成功。我可以滿足于從事任何形式的表演，因為我知道這就是我這一生想要做的事情。

采訪者：好的。我很高興你提到了上學，因為這跟我的下一個問題有關(guān)。書里寫了一些好玩的事，其中有一件是一個數(shù)學老師跟你說：“謝麗爾·特韋迪，你將會一事無成?！蔽蚁雴栆幌拢闳绾螒?yīng)對這些冷言冷語和人們懷疑的眼光？這些會影響到你嗎？謝麗爾：我想說，我爸也老是這樣，你知道。他總是說：“別想那些不切實際的東西。你知道，這是很荒謬的。沒錯，這是個夢想，我也明白每個年輕女孩都想要做個明星或者是……”但我自己心里明白，這就是我要做的事，所以這些話對我們的關(guān)系也沒有太負面的影響，而更像是“好吧老兄，這故事不錯……但這只是你的看法，我還是會堅持下去?！庇幸惶煳腋野终f：“以后我們看‘流行金曲的時候會看到我在上面?！边@話成真了，他永遠也忘不了……

采訪者：他說那些話的時候你多大？

謝麗爾：我想應(yīng)該是八九歲吧。

采訪者：好的。最后一個問題，我想你也知道，你明顯激勵了不少年輕女孩和年輕的女性，對她們來說是一個很好的榜樣，這不用多說，但尤其激勵了那些想進這個行業(yè)的女孩。對于那些像你一樣立志進軍娛樂圈的年輕女孩，你有些什么建議呢？

謝麗爾：我想說，我曾經(jīng)也想要尋找一個可以激勵我的人，一個讓我立志效仿的對象，而現(xiàn)在我卻成為了別人的榜樣，這真的很奇妙。這是一種非常特別的感覺。不過，我的建議是，你需要徹底地了解這個行業(yè)。你知道，娛樂圈不是……不是你所看到的那樣，走紅地毯，出席派對，風光無限。這是很辛苦的工作，你需要為之付出很多努力，你知道，需要犧牲很多，付出很多，還要確定這就是你這一生所要做的事情。還有，練習，練習，不斷練習，練習是永無止境的。

采訪者：說得非常好。好的，謝麗爾，感謝你跟我們分享了這么多。

謝麗爾：謝謝。