Ida Lupino on acting after directing

I did not abandon my acting [after starting on a production and directing career]. Whenever producers offered me screen roles, I accepted, for even if I enjoyed being a lone woman in the world of movie executives, it was fun to be a pampered, fussed-over actress. I loved playing sexy, warm dames who are tough in life, who do not let life affect them, very much myself!”

— Ida Lupino, in the foreword to Ida Lupino: Beyond the Camera by Mary Ann Anderson with Ida Lupino.

Photo: Ida Lupino in The Big Knife (1955)

originally published in The Vintage Classics on October 20, 2018