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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.

Even as a kid, I would always imagine horrible circumstances in which I would find myself in my head, and imagine how I would feel, and act it out a bit for myself, because I was a bit of a...

Quotes by Laura Fraser

I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.

Quotes by Laura Harrier

I recognize that I'm in a band, and part of being in a band is doing interviews, and I do have a platform so I want to use that platform to talk about things that are real.

Quotes by Laura Jane Grace

I'm well rewarded for a job I massively enjoy doing. I think I'm paid very fairly.

Quotes by Laura Kuenssberg

Doing the right thing has power.

Quotes by Laura Linney

I'm absolutely doing what I enjoy.

Quotes by Laura Linney

I'm not really into method acting - the way I was taught was the good old-fashioned British way of just doing your research and getting on with it.

Quotes by Laura Donnelly

It was so strange. I knew that Josephine Baker had performed on the same stage but that night I felt it. Many of the same people who worked with Josephine Baker are still here. They know what they're doing. And...

Quotes by LaToya Jackson

Comparing in the past years, Tamyra Gray and everyone else that didn't win but their careers are doing well.

Quotes by LaToya London

Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to...

Quotes by Larry Speakes

Doing a kid's movie is fun when you have kids. You don't want to do kids' movies if you don't have kids. When you have kids, things change in your life.

Quotes by Larry the Cable Guy

Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.

Quotes by Larry Wall

If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious.

Quotes by Larry Wall

Doing a TV show is different because it's more of a TV version of something. A more focused take on things.

Quotes by Larry Wilmore

I love doing what I do. I love asking questions. I love being in the mix.

Quotes by Larry King

I've always had an interest in doing something that was outside my comfort zone; I had this thing about standing on the edge of the cliff and deciding to jump.

Quotes by Larry Mullen, Jr.

Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need the publicity anymore!

Quotes by Larry Niven

I know I stand visibly onstage, but my function is still unseen, because I rarely see the immediate results of what I am saying or doing or writing.

Quotes by Larry Norman

If you ask an economist what's driven economic growth, it's been major advances in things that mattered - the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that.

Quotes by Larry Page

Doing what you want to do is easy. Doing what you have to do is hard.

Quotes by Larry Elder

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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.