When I saw work shoes, I would know that that person worked. I was very worried about people with shiny, pointed shoes as a child.
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.
When I asked my mother why crowds shouted my name and said 'We love you,' she would dust it off by saying, 'Your work makes them happy.' She never let it go to my head.
Dr. Kissinger was a former child. Jerry Ford was a former child. Even F.D.R. was a former child. I retired from the movies in 1949, and I'm still a former child.
When you're a performer, you have to please a large audience. And when you're in politics, you have to please a large audience, too.
Shirley Temple opens doors for Shirley Temple Black.
Most of the people in Ghana wouldn't know me as an actress. They'd know me for my work at the U.N.
I've led three lives: the acting part, wife and mother - which is a career - and international relations. I'm proud of my career, the first one, and I'm proud of the other two, too.
At the end of the Depression, people were perhaps looking for something to cheer themselves up. They fell in love with a dog and a little girl. It won't happen again.
The idea of being with my peers at a real school seemed much more exciting than making movies.
