Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino
Ida Lupinowas an English actress and singer who became a pioneering director and producer—the only woman working within the 1950s Hollywood studio system to do so. With her independent production company, she co-wrote and co-produced several of her own social-message films, and was the first woman to direct a film noir, The Hitch-Hiker, in 1953. In her 48-year career, she appeared in 59 films and directed eight others, mostly in the United States, where she became a citizen in 1948...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth4 February 1918
'The Sea Wolf' is the story of a man who believes only in brute force. He is so firm in belief in his own ideas that he despises all who disagree with him. He preaches the doctrine of intolerance. He flaunts the notion that democracy is anything but weakness.
I'm mad, they say. I am temperamental and dizzy and disagreeable. Well, let them talk. I can take it. Only one person can hurt me. Her name is Ida Lupino.
I never wrote just straight women's roles. I liked the strong characters. I don't mean women who have masculine qualities about them, but something that has some intestinal fortitude, some guts to it.
A woman in show business isn't honest with herself... so how can she be honest with another woman? We are, all of us, acting every minute of the day and night.
That's one of the things I resent the most violently. To have to take your own life and give it away to the public, in pieces.
I'd rather work all night and sleep all day... perhaps I was a mole in my last incarnation.
I take a script and mull over it and underline the bits I want to emphasize. When I go to the set, I know exactly what I want to do.
I cannot tolerate fools - won't have anything to do with them. I only want to associate with brilliant people.
Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids.
Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power... I wouldn't hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right.
I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
Often I pretended to a cameraman to know less than I did. That way I got more cooperation.
I had no desire to crash a man's world.
I didn't see myself as any advance guard, or feminist.