I'm not a 9-to-5 woman who has the same kind of lifestyle for years on end. He was just in his terrible twos, pushing the boundaries, seeing what he could get away with. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1 Review, New Posters for NO STRINGS ATTACHED and BLUE VALENTINE. ", The day after the breakup news hit the wires, Christina got in touch again, this time to say how she was coping — and it was clear from her words that she's at the beginning of a long, incredibly painful process. Moderators:CherLP2003, WBmoderator, MuntCS, Christina Aguilera becomes DJ, talks music, film. It’s a perk of your job, really. I'm really into the old-fashioned Santa Claus stuff, snuggling up to watch holiday movies, decorating the tree. You go scene by scene, but I knew everything worked with Stanley [Tucci] and with Peter [Gallagher]. I'm a decorating nut around the holidays. Did you have that moment in your own life where you knew that you wanted to be up on a stage performing? Once I met him, I knew that it was going to be done in an elegant, beautiful way. I have good help and I had the weekends off, which was good. In my house, I have four, maybe five Christmas trees. She is the woman who's recording until 4 a.m. and up at 7 to be with her son. We put it into his brain early on that he's a traveling guy. My son inspired my last record, Bionic. They went to work right away on a script. She gave me advice about how to get into character and connect with other actors. I kept having to remind myself, “Wait, this is Cher. Both Jack and Ali (Aguilera) say that they left home because there was nobody whose life they wanted. I think the main reason I chose L.A. was because it was on the same time zone that my parents were living in. AGUILERA: Yeah, we had a blast. I would do more or less studying the night before or the morning of, running lines. Now, superstar singer Christina Aguilera is making her feature film debut in the big screen musical Burlesque, starring opposite musical icon Cher. "It's not easy, and there have been a lot of tears and sadness," she said. GIGANDET: I did not know a lot. I can’t even imagine what it would be that someone would expect me to do that would be frightening or menacing. PHOTO BY CHRISTINA RADISH / Agency Photos. I didn't say yes right away, though. Even though it helped lead to your casting in this film, was “Saturday Night Live” a big risk for you, as far as doing live comedy? After all these years, what were your emotions, in finding yourself on a soundstage again? CHER: There’s the opportunity to go on a tour, and yet I’m not so sure that that’s something I want to do immediately because I’ve been working for a long time. I bruise easily, but I looked like I got in a car accident on some of the days after rehearsals. Christina Aguilera, one of the coolest pop diva, is a heartthrob of many. AGUILERA: It’s always nerve-wracking when you’re hosting “Saturday Night Live.” You either sink or swim. She wants to be in this movie with you. She's funny, but she's also kind of shy and guarded. The other one was “Song for the Lonely.” It was so high for me that I truly didn’t have those notes. Of course, it changes your life. AGUILERA: A lot of them were covers. I really do think it’s luck. Check out what she had to say after the jump: Question: After having such a spectacular career in music, how hard was it for you to decide to do Burlesque as your first movie? Born in Staten Island, New York and raised in Rochester and Wexford, Pennsylvania, she appeared on the television series Star Search … I was sitting there talking to her and she was so relaxed and just one of the coolest chicks I have ever met. I just think, in my job, it makes it worse. Getting down on my knees for some of the movements bruised me. 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I never danced in my life before Burlesque. AGUILERA: Yes, I did. Back to the positives, then — Christina's continuing (at times heart-wrenching) evolution as a woman and an artist, and the dichotomy of her life as a low-profile philanthropist and showstopping performer at the top of her game.