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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.

And watching Ed, he's really coming into his own doing some new things onstage I've never seen him do. He's really getting into it, putting 120 percent into the show. We feel comfortable and excited.

Quotes by Mike McCready

We try to keep everything as in-house and small and as punk rock and do-it-yourself as we can. That's part of our way of doing business.

Quotes by Mike McCready

My dad died from cancer when I was 18, and my mom was in a really tough spot. So I wanted to try to help at home. I had started doing some technology consulting.

Quotes by Mike McCue

What the iPad does is it opens people's minds to a new way of doing things. They're actually thirsting for it.

Quotes by Mike McCue

When the first 'Hellboy' series came out, in the same batch of fan mail I got a letter from somebody from the Church of Satan, and I got a letter from a minister, and they both liked it. And I...

Quotes by Mike Mignola

Focus on doing the right things instead of a bunch of things.

Quotes by Mike Krieger

Doing the simple thing first doesn't mean your solution will work forever.

Quotes by Mike Krieger

In high school, one of the things I loved doing was this after-school program where you would teach computer skills to some of the maintenance folks at school.

Quotes by Mike Krieger

And we do talk a lot about my past and my impression of things and how it relates to what we're doing now. The Brady Bunch, in its heyday, was really the genesis of when TV started to become the...

Quotes by Mike Lookinland

It was awesome because we were doing Ramones songs.

Quotes by Mike Lowry

I've held onto little musical sketches that I thought could be useful, and the more time that I spend doing them for each film, then the more I have to draw on.

Quotes by Mike Figgis

There's no way we could play a country song as well as a country band or a Latin song as well as a Latin band. We could never expect to do that. We just keep doing what we do, what...

Quotes by Mike Gordon

We have rocked the ozone radically, man. They could probably fix the ozone if everybody stopped what they were doing and they put some cement up there.

Quotes by Mike D

In order to be one of the best defensive linemen in the NFL - which I am - it's doing things that other people aren't willing to do.

Quotes by Mike Daniels

I left Indiana, and I ain't been back since. I've been doing comedy and paying my bills.

Quotes by Mike Epps

I learned that you don't have to be all over the place, that you can be subtle and you can say what you say. The words that you put together can be just as hilarious as falling all over the...

Quotes by Mike Epps

That's the moment you look for as a writer, when the characters start telling you what they are doing rather than you telling them.

Quotes by Mike Bartlett

I've done a lot of dramedies in my career. You know, I started as a standup comic, and then the movies that I was doing, like 'Up Side of Anger' were kind of like - they're hard. They're hard to...

Quotes by Mike Binder

It's the first time an exoskeleton has been controlled by brain activity and offered feedback to the patients. Doing a demonstration in a stadium is something very much outside our routine in robotics. It's never been done before.

Quotes by Miguel Nicolelis

I really, really liked shooting and doing the scene with Emilia Clarke and Peter Dinklage at the end of 'Winds of Winter,' when she gives him the Hand of the Queen. Because we shot it very simply. We felt like...

Quotes by Miguel Sapochnik

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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.