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 doesn`t hurt Shirley Temple Black. Shirley Temple helps Shirley Temple Black. She is thought of as a friend - which I am!

"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`."

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

Gertrude Temple`s advice to her daughter before each scene: "Sparkle, Shirley, sparkle!"

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.