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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.

It totally ruins my voice. I quit smoking, drinking, and doing ecstasy.

Quotes by Mark Hoppus

I've been doing a lot of stuff that has to do with charity and giving. I'm trying to give and not take as much.

Quotes by Mark Indelicato

For some reason, I always get offered plays when I'm doing plays and then, if I stop doing them, people stop asking me.

Quotes by Mark Gatiss

I couldn't have left my career as an actor on a better note than to have done a cameo in the Lost In Space movie. Doing this part is the highlight of my career. What a way to leave the...

Quotes by Mark Goddard

I think that any reporter or columnist will be a little more careful when doing interviews with me.

Quotes by Mark Cuban

I want to come back and do talk. I want to do late-night talk the right way. Arsenio ain't there anymore, and the late-night talk competition is weak. All them dudes is weak. I don't even know who they are....

Quotes by Mark Curry

A collective security relies on everybody doing their fair share.

Quotes by Mark Esper

Film-makers are always going to be interested in making movies that plug into society around them. That's what a vibrant, artistically alert community should be doing. After all, it would be sad if we only made films about alien robots.

Quotes by Mark Boal

I'm doing 'I Hate My Teenage Daughter' with Katie Finneran and Jaime Pressly.

Quotes by Mark Consuelos

A friend of ours has a hobby doing genealogy, and we found out that we were cousins in the ninth degree, that we had a common ancestor on the Mayflower.

Quotes by Marion Zimmer Bradley

You don't really see yourself doing things, of course, but you feel.

Quotes by Marion Cotillard

I guess there are worse things than being compared to Messi but I don't look at what he is doing. I just try to give my best for my team.

Quotes by Mario Gomez

The pleasure that I take in writing gets me interested in writing a poem. It's not a statement about what I think anybody else should be doing. For me, it's an interesting tension between interior and exterior.

Quotes by Marilyn Hacker

I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider the number of American poets who earn their living teaching creative writing in universities. I've ended up doing that myself.

Quotes by Marilyn Hacker

I criticized the whole American songwriting industry and the pop side of it and I was bitter about it. And I stepped back and thought 'Why are you bitter? You can't just stand there like every other indie musician and...

Quotes by Marina and the Diamonds

I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting!

Quotes by Marie Windsor

I always did healthy things. I didn't sit around in nightclubs. Sure, I had my fair share of fun, but no one could ever accuse me of being a dilettante and doing nothing. I was always on this unbelievable quest...

Quotes by Marie-Chantal Claire

Television executives only commission something that somebody else has already commissioned that's doing well on another station - they're afraid of expecting an audience to concentrate for longer than three minutes on any particular item.

Quotes by Mariella Frostrup

I'm slim for professional reasons, and I work at it. I really want to continue working. There aren't that many models who are still doing it at 60.

Quotes by Marie Helvin

It's easy to get rid of things when there is an obvious reason for doing so. It's much more difficult when there is no compelling reason.

Quotes by Marie Kondo

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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.