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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.

With WesTrac, you have real people doing real jobs with real problems and real opportunities, and you touch the metal, and it's like being grounded.

Quotes by Kerry Stokes

I'm doing this play right now, the new David Mamet play. It's called 'Race,' and it's very interesting how people really leave the theater filled with the desire to talk about the play and the issues and the characters, and...

Quotes by Kerry Washington

What I'm doing is art - it's low-brow art but there's a magic in that.

Quotes by Kesha

Texas Democrats should be more concerned about what President Obama is doing to destroy the party, and the nation, than about what I am doing in going after him for that.

Quotes by Kesha Rogers

I would definitely be interested in doing a cooking show or something related to cooking, and I think probably most immediately, I would do a cookbook.

Quotes by Keshia Knight Pulliam

I don't want to be that artist who's doing the teenage angst thing and draw it out my whole career.

Quotes by Kevin Abstract

Doing a one-person play feels like you've just discovered you had a superpower.

Quotes by Kerry Bishe

Of course we are doing this primarily for ourselves, but I know our fans dig most of it, too.

Quotes by Kerry King

I just saw Jensen the other day. They are gonna be in the States at the same time when we are doing the tour, Se we'll see if we are going to see somewhere.

Quotes by Kerry King

We were so young when we started, quite naive and shy - we kind of knew what we were doing but didn't because we hadn't been stage schooled.

Quotes by Keren Woodward

I'm actually quite proud of the fact that we made a success of ourselves in a donkey jacket and DMs, without any thought to sexualising what we were doing.

Quotes by Keren Woodward

The record label used to try and make us do stuff, like dance, and we'd say, nah, not doing that.

Quotes by Keren Woodward

We spent a couple of years trying to be what we thought people wanted us to be, what the press thought we should be, doing what the company wanted. Finally we just said 'Sod it. This is what we do...

Quotes by Keren Woodward

Finding out I was expecting a child was highly inconvenient for doing all the promotion for 'Venus.'

Quotes by Keren Woodward

The ‘80s don't seem to have gone away. Most weekends in the summer we're off doing a festival in front of 10,000 or 15,000 people with a load of other ‘80s acts. It was just such a great era for...

Quotes by Keren Woodward

We're best at doing pop music - we're not good at doing down, depressing music.

Quotes by Keren Woodward

The band is our whole lives and we are completely dedicated, but if you get too serious you'll have a lot of problems and if you don't enjoy what you are doing you shouldn't be doing it.

Quotes by Keren Woodward

Dance is definitely what I love doing much more than anything else.

Quotes by Keri Russell

I love doing laundry! It's so satisfying. I love the way it smells. I love doing the sheets.

Quotes by Keri Russell

It's really important to me to stick to my roots by doing what's West Coast: wearing T-shirts and shorts.

Quotes by Kenny Stills

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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.