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. Ida Lupino More Quotes by Ida Lupino More Quotes From Ida Lupino My agent had told me that he was going to make me the Janet Gaynor of England—I was going to play all the sweet roles. Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing but hookers. Ida Lupino age play sweet I'd love to see more women working as directors and producers. 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. Ida Lupino matter today directors Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine. Ida Lupino wish men world Keeping a feminine approach is vital - men hate bossy females. Ida Lupino female hate men I didn't see myself as any advance guard, or feminist. Ida Lupino feminist I had no desire to crash a man's world. Ida Lupino desire men world Id love to see more women working as directors and producers. Ida Lupino producers directors Often I pretended to a cameraman to know less than I did. That way I got more cooperation. Ida Lupino cameraman cooperation way Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing but hookers. Ida Lupino thirteen path age I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business. Ida Lupino break ghouls heart 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. Ida Lupino woman day business night Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids. Ida Lupino i-am hell my-own water I cannot tolerate fools - won't have anything to do with them. I only want to associate with brilliant people. Ida Lupino fools anything want people 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. Ida Lupino something never women strong 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. Ida Lupino over go know want I'd rather work all night and sleep all day... perhaps I was a mole in my last incarnation. Ida Lupino day work sleep 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. Ida Lupino your own things life '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. Ida Lupino man democracy sea ideas You cannot play naive if you're not. Ida Lupino cannot you naive play
