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 More Quotes by Shirley Temple More Quotes From Shirley Temple My role models were Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt, and my major crush was J. Edgar Hoover. Shirley Temple role were crush role-models