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Doing Quotes

On action, effort and the discipline of doing the work.

These lines describe doing in its many forms: the overlap between film and television production, the uncertainty built into research, and committing to work you believe in even without much recognition. For more, see our Action quotes.

If you can serve everyone who visits you, you must be doing well in business.

Quotes by Ahmet Davutoglu

I didn't see myself as a woman doing film but as a radical film-maker who was a woman.

Quotes by Agnes Varda

Even though music is something I travel around doing, it is also a very private thing. A sort of escapism.

Quotes by Agnes Obel

I don't think the way to succeed is by doing something aggressive. Aggression is weak-minded.

Quotes by Agnes Martin

Action Quotes

I get a lot of dark scripts now. I don't wanna be stuck doing movies like American Pie. For someone my age, once you get started doing them, it's hard to get out.

Quotes by Agnes Bruckner

I'm a DJ, but I'm also a ridiculously high-grossing musician due to doing productions.

Quotes by Afrojack

People always say, 'How is it to be so successful?' I'm not successful yet. Richard Branson is successful. That's successful. Michael Jackson was successful. U2 was successful. I'm just a guy, doing okay. But I'm a happy guy doing okay.

Quotes by Afrojack

I remember when I was younger, I read that Jay-Z was 33 and I was just like, 'Damn! This dudes really still goin for it?' It's just so rare that you see any rapper over 30 doing anything interesting.

Quotes by Aesop Rock

Doing something like 'Bushwick,' a lot of people need to agree that the piece is working with what's going on on the screen. So it's a lot of tweaks and re-works, just kinda moving pieces around and getting things to...

Quotes by Aesop Rock

Doers Quotes

Having some decent musicians around you only expands what you can do production-wise, but I make rap - I can't really see myself doing much else.

Quotes by Aesop Rock

I have an odd fetish with nails. I was always doing beauty blogs about nails, and it would be on Fridays called 'Friday's Fingertip Fetish.' It became so popular that a nail polish company approached me, and Fingertip Fetish was...

Quotes by Adrienne Bailon

Everybody's got their ways of doing things and for me I've got to stay fresh, fly and flashy. So I'm going to make sure I'm fresh, fly and flashy in the ring too.

Quotes by Adrien Broner

It looks better when you do your own stunts, because seeing somebody's face when they're doing them is fun for the audience.

Quotes by Adrianne Palicki

I like presents that a man has spent time on, doing them himself, like a card or anything that is made by hand and from the heart.

Quotes by Adriana Lima

Doin Quotes

A lot of people record on a laptop and use plug-ins, which might be OK for the kind of music that they're doing. But for the kind of music that I'm doing, that just doesn't work. I can't cut corners;...

Quotes by Adrian Younge

Change the sound. Make people rethink what they're doing. That's what I really wanna do.

Quotes by Adrian Younge

When I started publishing my work, one of the biggest surprises to me was the recurring question about my background and why I wasn't doing more stories about Asian-Americans.

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

To me, one of the big fears of doing a big huge graphic novel is locking yourself into one style and getting halfway through it and going, 'Oh I made the wrong choice,' which is a recurring nightmare I have.

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

I think that artists, at a certain point, can either become defiant and say that the audience is wrong, readers don't get them, and they're going to keep doing it their own way, or they can listen to the criticism...

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

Doing Good Quotes

Ninety percent of the time when I'm working, there's this very palpable sensation that I'm doing everything wrong and should just give up.

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does "doing" mean across these quotes?
The quotes use "doing" to describe the actual craft of working (film vs. TV production), following through on belief in your own work, playing certain kinds of roles, and even the nature of research itself.
Is there a quote comparing film and TV work?
Yes: "When you're doing the work, film and TV are exactly the same. TV is just film in reduced pieces." For more on taking action rather than just planning, see Action.
Is there a witty quote about research here?
Yes: "Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing" is a short, self-aware take on the research process.
Does this page include anything about acting roles or casting?
Yes, one quote describes being cast more often as a villain-type ("more Iago than Hamlet") while insisting the real goal is playing people doing the right thing rather than simple villains. For more on positive action, see Doing Good.
Is there a quote about believing in your own work despite doubt?
Yes, one recalls finding award shows hard to watch early in a music career, "because I believed in what I was doing" even while unsure of having a real shot. For more short, punchy takes on getting things done, see Doin or Doers.

Also see our Doing Good quotes for a values-driven angle, or Doers quotes celebrating people who take action.