Shirley Temple : (5) " My role models were Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt, and my major crush was J. Edgar Hoover. " - Shirley Temple " Shirley Temple doesn’t hurt Shirley Temple Black. Shirley Temple helps Shirley Temple Black. She is thought of as a friend – which I am! " - Shirley Temple " I guess I was an early method actress. I would go to a quiet part of the sound stage with my mother. I wouldn’t think of anything sad, I would just make my mind a blank. In a minute I could cry. " - 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 " The idea of being with my peers at a real school seemed much more exciting than making movies. " - Shirley Temple