Shirley Temple Q & A
Q: As you look back on your life, what are you most proud of?
A: My three children, my granddaughter and my two great granddaughters.

Q: If you had not acted as a child, what do you think your career might have been?
A: I wanted to be in the FBI.  I also wanted to be a pie salesman. It was so intense, that the
studio got the prop department to make a little pie wagon and they filled it with tarts.
I wheeled it around the set and sold them to the crew. I was about eight years old. I always
sold out and I didn’t have to pay for them. It was a great deal!

Q: What got you through your battle with breast cancer?
A: The alternative is worse if you don’t do anything about it.
I trusted in God and my doctor.

Q: Any advice for someone going through something similar in their life?
A: Don’t sit at home and be afraid.  Go to the doctor and get it checked.

Q: What is your plan for the second part of your autobiography?
A: I’m just about ready to sign with an agent and publisher. I hope to get it out next year.

Q: Does it pick up where your first autobiography Child Star left off?
A: That’s right. And, it finishes in the early nineties with the end of my public
service with the U.S. Government.

Q: What advice do you have for today’s youth?
A: Be brave and clear. Follow your heart and don’t be overly influenced
by outside factors. Be true to yourself.