Shirley Temple Quotes

Shirley Temple had charisma as a child. But it cleared up as an adult.

— Totie Fields

“Drinking Shirley Temple with my Mary Janes on, let's say that every possibility waits”

— Lyn Hejinian

“Cute kid. Dimples, curls, he’s like a male Shirley Temple.”

— Jessica Martinez

Another thing I recall was falling in love with Shirley Temple when I was nine or ten.

— Clint Walker

Growing up, I watched a lot of Shirley Temple movies.

— Taylor Louderman

Shirley Temple opens doors for Shirley Temple Black.

— Shirley Temple

They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.

— Tallulah Bankhead

If she orders a Shirley temple at the bar shes too young for you bro!

— Anonymous

Attitude is very rude Boo, crabby like seafood, it turns me on like Vassey and Lahrule, they call me Starky Love-hun, check…

— Ghostface Killah

I absolutely love Shirley Temples. I don't know why, but ever since I was young, it's always been my favorite thing to…

— Kevin Olusola

The most minor gifts and not a very high class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it…

— Katharine Hepburn

I don't see how it could possibly be made into a movie unless the entire book was scrapped and Shirley Temple cast…

— Margaret Mitchell

Then there's that 'You're only as old as you feel' business, which is true to a point, but you can't be Shirley…

— Joan Crawford

I've been so blessed. If someone asked me whom I would choose to be if I could come back in another life,…

— Shirley Temple

I initially told people I wanted to be a dancer and ultimately a "Rockette." I didn't really know what a musical theatre…

— Erica Schroeder

There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley…

— Merle Haggard

I've always hate child stars, starting from way back when, when I was a child. The first child star I saw was…

— Joan Rivers

“Come back." It was a demand. "No." "You want to be there. You love it." "How would you know? You never look…

— Penny Reid

Popular culture entered my life as Shirley Temple, who was exactly my age and wrotea letter in the newspapers telling how her…

— Adrienne Rich

I'd watch old movies with Judy Garland, Shirley Temple and Bette Davis and long to be part of that glamorous world. A…

— Imelda May

I was a little tomboy, growing up, but we had to go to the library every weekend if we wanted some form…

— Isabela Moner

My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a…

— Gloria Estefan

One night, I went out with my teammates. I don't drink alcohol, so I wasn't drinking. This girl walked up to me;…

— Joel Embiid

If you think of the 1930s in film as the decade of Gable and Lombard, Cagney and Harlow, Stanwyck and the Marx…

— Richard Corliss

Well, possibly," I said, feeling my lips twitch again. "But maybe first you would tell us why you chose to manifest yourself…

— Katie MacAlister

“Do you practice the laugh, or is it a natural talent? Naw, I’m betting you practice.” Jean-Claude’s face twisted. I couldn’t decide…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“She opened her eyes and studied him a moment. Then she slipped her hand in her pocket, come up with something and…

— Anne Tyler

“No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you…

— Pablo

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.

— Katharine Hepburn

I've been a huge fan of Quvenzhane Wallis since 'Beasts of the Southern Wild.' To me, she's our Shirley Temple, a phenomenal…

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

That's what the movies do. They don't entertain us, they don't send the message: 'We care.' They give us lines to say,…

— Connie Willis

I remember feeling enormous pressure because I didn't want to be Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple was Shirley Temple, and I didn't ever…

— Mara Wilson

“Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could…

— Katharine Hepburn

Ever since I was a little child, I refused to see movies of books that I loved. Because you already know what…

— Fran Lebowitz

Well what I would really like is a bunch of little n***ers to wear long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow…

— Paula Deen