I did an imitation of him to make the crew laugh. To my shock, there was Cary Grant behind me. He got very angry. I was sent all the way from RKO to David Selznick's office and was told not to do it anymore. I thought to myself, 'I must have been pretty good to make him that angry.'

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

Time is money. Wasted time means wasted money means trouble.

Shirley Temple

Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.

Shirley Temple

Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.

Shirley Temple

There's nothing like real love. Nothing.

Shirley Temple

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

I've always been bossy.

Shirley Temple

Long ago, I became more interested in the real world than in make-believe.

Shirley Temple

I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!

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.

Shirley Temple

The U.N. acts as the world's conscience, and over eighty-five percent of the work that is done by the United Nations is in the social, economic, educational and cultural fields.

Shirley Temple

I hate that song 'Mr. Bojangles.' It drives me up the wall, since it's not about him at all. He was never a bum in jail.

Shirley Temple

There are many of us who should be in a position to bring peace to the world.

Shirley Temple

I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy.

Shirley Temple

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

I ran for Congress, just once.

Shirley Temple

Biographies of me have usually been compiled from old newspaper clips, untruthful publicity stories, and reminiscences of people who claim to have known me well.

Shirley Temple

I loved what I did. I remember cruel mothers who would pinch their children to make them cry in a scene, but my mother encircled me with affection.

Shirley Temple

I wanted to be in the FBI. I also wanted to be a pie salesman.

Shirley Temple

I had had enough pretend. I wanted to be in the real world.

Shirley Temple