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, Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion
Studio chief Winfield Sheehan wanted me to remain a little girl. If I lost my innocence, he said, it would show in my eyes.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE, People Magazine, Nov. 28, 1988
I class myself with Rin Tin Tin. People in the Depression wanted something to cheer them up, and they fell in love with a dog and a little girl.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE, Parade Magazine, Jan. 1, 1986
- On the good ship
- Lollipop
- Its a sweet trip
- To the candy shop
- Where bon-bon's play,
- On the sunny beach
- Of peppermint bay
- Lemonade stands,
- Everywhere
- Crackerjack bands,
- Fill the air,
- And there you are,
- Happy landings on a chocolate bar.
- See the sugar bowl
- Do a tootsie roll
- In a big bad devils food cake,
- If you eat too much,
- Oh, oh,
- You'll awake,
- With a tummy ache.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE, Bright Eyes
My mother made it seem perfectly normal for thousands of people to be cheering me, as if there was nothing special going on. I thought all children must live as I did.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE, Parade Magazine, Jan. 1, 1986
By the time I was 4, I knew how to hit my mark.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE, People Magazine, Nov. 28, 1988
When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I’ve been getting younger ever since.
I wanted to be in the FBI. I also wanted to be a pie salesman. It was so intense that the studio got the prop department to make a little pie wagon and they filled it with tarts. I wheeled it around the set and sold them to the crew. I was about eight years old. I always sold out and I didn't have to pay for them. It was a great deal.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE, Official Shirley Temple Website
- You've got to S-M-I-L-E
- To be H-A-Double-P-Y.
I'm quite optimistic. I'm also a realist. And I hope, you know, things work out. I don't think that the world will ever know peace. Complete peace in all countries. I think perhaps that's not in our makeup to do this although we can pray for it and work for it. But I think that the building blocks of peace are moving into shape, and I think that the world is going to be a better place.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE, The Parkinson Show, Jun. 1972
Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.
I liked work shoes and big, working-class hands. The stars would come and go, but the crew on my movies was my extended family.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE, People Magazine, Nov. 28, 1988
- Animal crackers in my soup
- Monkeys and rabbits loop the loop
- Gosh oh gee but I have fun
- Swallowing animals one by one
- In every bowl of soup I see
- Lions and Tigers watching me
- I make 'em jump right through a hoop
- Those animal crackers in my soup
- When I get hold of the big bad wolf
- I just push him under to drown
- Then I bite him in a million bits
- And I gobble him right down
- When their inside me where it's dark
- I walk around like Noah's ark
- I stuff my tummy like a goop
- With animal crackers in my soup.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE, Curly Top
Some people liked Rudolph Valentino. I liked Rin Tin Tin.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE, The Parkinson Show, Jun. 1972
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."
I had a very close family and I couldn't get away with anything.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE, Parade Magazine, Jan. 1, 1986
Good luck needs no explanation.
I've been so blessed. If someone asked me whom I would choose to be if I could come back in another life, I would have to say Shirley Temple Black. I cannot think of a more interesting life to ask for.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE, People Magazine, Nov. 28, 1988
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