“I guess I was an early method actress. I would go to a quiet part of the sound stage with my mother. I wouldn't think of anything sad, I would just make my mind a blank. In a minute I could cry.”
Shirley Temple“Drinking Shirley Temple with my Mary Janes on, let's say that every possibility waits”
Lyn Hejinian, My Life“I guess I was an early method actress. I would go to a quiet part of the sound stage with my mother. I wouldn't think of anything sad, I would just make my mind a blank. In a minute I could cry.”
Shirley Temple“One famous movie executive, who shall remain nameless, exposed himself to me in his office. 'Mr X,' I said, 'I thought you were a producer, not an exhibitor.'”
Shirley Temple“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.”
Shirley Temple“Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways-in science in politics in every bold intention. It is part of our collective lives entwining our past and our future ... a particularly rewarding aspect of life itself.”
Shirley Temple Black“Our whole way of life today is dedicated to the removal of risk. Cradle to grave we are supported insulated and isolated from the risks of life- and if we fall our government stands ready with Band-Aids of every size.”
Shirley Temple Black“When I was fourteen I was the oldest I ever was. ... I've been getting younger ever since.”
Shirley Temple Black“Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.”
Shirley Temple Black