Ida Lupino Quotes

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.

'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.

Often I pretended to a cameraman to know less than I did. That way I got more cooperation.

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'd love to see more women working as directors and producers.

Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.

Keeping a feminine approach is vital - men hate bossy females.

I cannot tolerate fools - won't have anything to do with them. I only want to associate with brilliant people.

I didn't see myself as any advance guard, or feminist.

Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids.

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.