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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.

Other times, you're doing some piece of work and suddenly you get feedback that tells you that you have touched something that is very alive in the cosmos.

Quotes by Leonard Nimoy

I was on the road with Jerry Lee Lewis when I was 15 - I can't imagine not doing it. That's what I do.

Quotes by Leon Russell

I was with my band at a karaoke bar in Japan when it was very big there, and they got up and made fools of themselves without practicing properly. I didn't understand why they were doing that. It was like...

Quotes by Leon Russell

One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing.

Quotes by Leon Kass

We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing.

Quotes by Leon Kass

I've done all kinds of martial arts. I have my blackbelt in Shorei Ru. I'm doing Wu Shu. I do all kinds of different martial arts.

Quotes by Leo Howard

Now, what we are not talking about, what you're really coming to, is what compromises one makes so that the listener understands somewhat of what you're doing, what you're trying to express.

Quotes by Leo Ornstein

I damaged my legs and ankles many years ago when doing concerts and falling off stage.

Quotes by Leo Sayer

I'm not going to tell the American president how to run America, but I think it is important that when friends are speaking to each other that they are able to be very frank in the views that are exchanged,...

Quotes by Leo Varadkar

I'm not an artist or a collector. I'm a skateboard kid with no one to tell me if I'm not doing things the right way.

Quotes by Leo Fitzpatrick

I guess I think about doing stuff that nobody else has done.

Quotes by Lena Dunham

I just really want be proud of the work I'm doing, whether it's something I've written, produced, or am starring in. I just want to be proud of it.

Quotes by Lena Waithe

I have spent most of my adult life proving that I existed. A blog is an accessible way of doing this - there is a date and place in cyberspace that I existed a year ago, to the day, and...

Quotes by Lemn Sissay

I'm a suspicious mulatto, which means I'm too black to be white and too white to be doing it right.

Quotes by Lemon Andersen

Social business lies in the spectrum of possibility between the traditional, profit-maximizing business, which directs little to no profit to doing good, and the traditional charity, which relies mostly on donations to sustain itself.

Quotes by Leila Janah

My personal style comes from jugaad, a Hindi word meaning doing more with less.

Quotes by Leila Janah

I'm one of those people who doesn't understand how it was that I went to bed at 3 o'clock in the morning or what I was doing. Like, I looked at 'Bon Appetit' magazine for three hours for things I'm...

Quotes by Lela Loren

There's a bizarre comfort and safety in doing your last and most intimate scenes with the actor you've worked most closely.

Quotes by Lela Loren

I've always written songs, even when I wasn't doing anything with my personal life in music.

Quotes by Leif Garrett

Stop doing what the record companies are doing and do what's in your heart.

Quotes by Leif Garrett

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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.