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.
We're really doing children a disservice when we underestimate what they're capable of.
I was gonna write songs, I was gonna be a star and a singer and I never thought of doing anything else.
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I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that it's more of an actor's medium. I think that film is more of a director's medium. You can't edit something out on stage. It's there.
Since doing the show I've been so busy that I've not really had time to mope.
I've been in the newspapers since I was about 15 - not for rapping, but for real substantive stuff I was doing in the community, organizing around gang violence in the schools. So I had already made my grandma proud...
What can often happen when doing accents is that you go too far to one extreme, so it becomes a caricature. It’s important to bring an accent back to a natural organic place so you’re still speaking like you would...
Every time you play a different role with different actors in different locations, you’re developing a greater level of comfort in the act of doing this, which is why you’re getting better all the time.
I think LeBron is the best player in the world, as far as overall in his career and what he's doing for this league on and off the court.
I think I first got into acting through church. I would go to these church retreats, and they would tell us to make a skit or make a video and present it to the rest of the group. And I...
I am very excited for my special appearance in 'Kalank,' since it's a huge film and it's the first time I am doing something in the period space.
Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderstood. People are going to wonder why you're trying to be different; it's just a natural instinct.
Once I accomplish one thing and I'm satisfied, I try something else. I may be 50 and doing something totally outside of music and acting. Maybe I'll become a kindergarten teacher.
Every other day I read a book. It takes me two days to finish a book. I like reading because if I'm not doing anything, then I read. If my mom tells me to go take out the trash, I'll...
I'm lucky if I find one movie a year that's worth doing, and when I do find one, it usually only takes 20-30 days to shoot.
It's not easy to sustain a long career, and sometimes I don't even think about how long I've been doing it.
Every photo you take communicates something about a moment in time - a brief slice of time of where you were, who you were with, and what you were doing.
I'm the captain of the Variety Club over in England, and so I'm playing golf for them once a week but doing odd bits.
I have always like doing accents; I find it much easier to get into character for me.
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Also see our Doing Good quotes for a values-driven angle, or Doers quotes celebrating people who take action.
