I had had enough pretend. I wanted to be in the real world. Shirley Temple More Quotes by Shirley Temple More Quotes From Shirley Temple 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 stars class hands In the world of movie personalities the distance between popularity and politics is short. Shirley Temple movie distance personality Many people consider me an old friend. Shirley Temple old-friends people [Campaign sign when running for Congress in 1967:] Vote for me or I will hold my breath until I turn blue. Shirley Temple campaigns blue running I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we wanted a 20th country to join. They asked for a volunteer to go to Prague to get Czechoslovakia to do it, and my hand always goes up first. Shirley Temple august country hands Most of the people in Ghana wouldn't know me as an actress. They'd know me for my work at the U.N. Shirley Temple ghana actresses people Dr. Kissinger was surprised that I knew where Ghana was. Shirley Temple kissinger ghana drs Delay and indecision are first weapons in the armory of moviemakers. Shirley Temple delay movie hollywood Sunnybrook Farm is now a parking lot; the petticoats are in the garbage can, where they belong in the modern world; and I detest censorship. Shirley Temple garbage-cans censorship world I had a very close family and I couldn't get away with anything. Shirley Temple close-family get-away Won't the new 'Suggested for Mature Audience' protect our youngsters from such films? I don't believe so. I know many forty-five-year old men with the mentalities of six-year-olds, and my feeling is that they should not see such pictures, either. Shirley Temple men believe years I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service. Shirley Temple available public-service We would have to invent the U.N if we did not have it which is not an original thought. Shirley Temple original-thought originals ifs By the time I got to the Fox studio for my first major film, I knew how to hit a mark. I knew how to memorize lines. I knew how to pay attention. Shirley Temple lines pay attention I'm not too proud of the movies I made as a grownup except for 'That Hagen Girl', which nobody remembers but which gave me a chance to act. Shirley Temple proud girl chance I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy. Shirley Temple staff responsible hours I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph. Shirley Temple Shirley Temple opens doors for Shirley Temple Black. Shirley Temple shirley temple black doors Men say, 'I've loved you since I was 7 years old,' and I say, 'Well, you never contacted me.' And very often women say, 'Do youuuuuu know what I have?' and I want to say, 'Yessssssss, I do.' Because inevitably the answer is, 'An original Shirley Temple doll.' Shirley Temple me you women men 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 myself girl depression love
