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Shirley Jane Temple on growing up as the most famous child in the world:"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.""I was so short that I became an expert in belts and shoes and people's hands and handbags. I learned that I liked the working crew the most, more than the stars. I liked the guys that I worked with very, very much. It was my extended family. The crew worked on almost all of my films. We had a marvelous time. I had a 'Shirley Temple Police Force' and all of the crowd and various celebrities I would have join my force. I was very careful that they kept their badges polished, and if they lost them there was a big fine. If they gave them away, there was a bigger fine. We had just so much fun. I teased them a lot, too, particularly the cameramen, who had a lot of trouble with me.""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 class myself with Rin Tin Tin. People in the Depression wanted something to cheer them up, and they fell in love with a dog and a little girl." In 1938, at the peak of her fame, a ten-year-old Temple was publicly accused of being an unwitting agent of the Communist Party. Her accuser was Congressman Martin Dies of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Dies' baseless accusation against Temple led to a national outcry which nearly ended Dies' political career. At the peak of this uproar, the Roosevelt Administration intervened and warned Dies not to slander Temple further. (IMDb)Happy Birthday, Shirley Temple!