"She is one of the finest actresses in show business. A lot of young actors and actresses could have profited then and now from a few “seminars" with “Missy" on their professional attitudes—their regard for the business of being an actor—on their on-stage and off-stage deportment as it were, because I doubt that there ever has been, or ever will be, a greater ":pro" than Barbara." — Robert Taylor
“Beloved by all directors, actors, crews, and extras." — Frank Capra
“Stanwyck can act the hell out of any part, and she can turn a chore into a challenge. She’s fun, and I’m glad I had a chance to make three movies with her. The Lady Eve was the best. She’s a delicious woman." — Henry Fonda
“She was just an extraordinary woman. She took the script, loved it, right from the word go, didn’t have the agent come and say, “Look, she’s to play a murderess, she must get more money, because she’s never going to work again. With Stanwyck, I had absolutely no difficulties at all. And she knew the script, everybody‘s lines. You could wake her up in the middle of the night and she’d know the scene. Never a fault, never a mistake — just a wonderful brain she had." —Billy Wilder
“She’s one of the greatest women and the one of the greatest actresses I ever worked with." —Walter Huston
“The best actress I ever worked with." —Joel McCrea
“Stanwyck, of course, was a brilliant actress. She could do anything." —William Wellman
“Working with Barbara Stanwyck was one of the greatest pleasures of my career." —Fritz Lang
"[Howard Hawks] always ranked her among the best actresses with whom he ever worked." —Hawks biographer Todd McCarthy
“Barbara Stanwyck is a fantastic actress. When she makes a gesture as she speaks a line, she has a way of suspending that motion in mid-air for a split second on a certain word which gives an imperceptible emphasis to that word." —Mitchell Leisen
“A professional’s professional, a superb technician with a voice quality that immediately hooked you with its humanness." —King Vidor
“Barbara Stanwyck had an instinct so sure she almost needed no direction." —Preston Sturges
“When [in 1932 Picturegoer] listed the top six female stars (Garbo, Constance Bennett, Dietrich, Chatterton, Shearer and Crawford), [Adolphe] Menjou himself told the editor that in Hollywood Stanwyck was rated above the last two." —David Shipman
“Barbara carried her success lightly; her attitude was one of utter professionalism and no noticeable temperament. As far as she was concerned, she was simply one of a hundred or so people gathered to make a movie—no more, no less." — Robert Wagner
“That is the kind of woman that makes whole civilizations topple." — Kathleen Howard
