Quotes from Barbara Stanwyck

I'm now the Lord of the Brighton Manor.

Eyes are the greatest tool in film. Mr. Capra taught me that. Sure it's nice to say very good dialogue, if you can get it. But great movie acting - watch the eyes!

My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth.

Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.

Egotism -- usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.

Just be truthful - and if you can fake that, you've got it made.

Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.

It's perhaps not the future I would choose. I still think it's possible to make a success of both marriage and career even though I didn't. But it's not a bad future. And I'm not afraid of it.

Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for doing what I love doing.

[On a dull party:] It was a fête worse than death.