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> [I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend to go on acting until I'm ninety, and they won't need to paste my face with make-up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/i-m-a-tough-old-broad-from-brooklyn-i-intend-to-go-on-acting-until-i/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

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## More by Barbara Stanwyck

> [“You want the story of my life? Big ideas, small results.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/you-want-the-story-of-my-life-big-ideas-small-results/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/it-s-perhaps-not-the-future-i-would-choose-i-still-think-it-s/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

> [I'm now the Lord of the Brighton Manor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/i-m-now-the-lord-of-the-brighton-manor/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

> [ \[On Marilyn Monroe:\] Her body has gone to her head. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/on-marilyn-monroe-her-body-has-gone-to-her-head/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

> [Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for doing what I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/career-is-too-pompous-a-word-it-was-a-job-and-i-have-always-felt/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

> [Just be truthful - and if you can fake that, you've got it made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/just-be-truthful-and-if-you-can-fake-that-you-ve-got-it-made/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

> [There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/there-is-a-point-in-portraying-surface-vulgarity-where-tragedy-and/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

> [Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/career-is-too-pompous-a-word-it-was-a-job-and-i-have-always-felt-2/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

> [Put me in the last fifteen minutes of a picture and I don't care what happened before. I don't even care if I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/put-me-in-the-last-fifteen-minutes-of-a-picture-and-i-don-t-care-what/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

> [I couldn't remember my name for weeks. I'd be at the theater and hear them calling 'Miss Stanwyck, Miss Stanwyck,' and I'd think 'Where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/i-couldn-t-remember-my-name-for-weeks-i-d-be-at-the-theater-and-hear/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

> [My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/my-only-problem-is-finding-a-way-to-play-my-fortieth-fallen-female-in/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

> [A star is only as good as her last picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/a-star-is-only-as-good-as-her-last-picture/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/eyes-are-the-greatest-tool-in-film-mr-capra-taught-me-that-sure-it-s/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

> [I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend to go on acting until I'm ninety, and they won't need to paste my face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/i-m-a-tough-old-broad-from-brooklyn-i-intend-to-go-on-acting-until-i/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

> [The more you kick something that's dead, the worse it smells.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/the-more-you-kick-something-that-s-dead-the-worse-it-smells/)

[Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/)

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