Lesson one: Being a starlet is a complicated life, especially when you're four years old. - Shirley Temple Black

To be hoisted onto laps, pinched by incredulous strangers, to occasionally get my curls tugged, to be cooed at, photographed, and quoted -all this was part of the job.

Oh, my, word...

This MGM flurry of concern about my body was unnerving. Having always taken my appearance for granted, I felt suddenly misshapen. Even Mother, whose earlier comments had always been good-natured, joined the critical chorus. [...] Stuck with myself, once again I resolved to stay friends with my body.