"I
fell in love with Shirley Temple movies when I was a kid. They
were all broadcast on television in Phoenix and I never missed
one. I would sit in front of my TV set and pretend I was just
like her, that I had hair that curly, a smile that beguiling,
and that I could sing and dance with Shirley's ease. I'm so glad
she's grown up to become such a gracious woman. I know being a
child star must be a difficult life. She seems to have weathered
the pressures better than anyone." |