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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.

I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing.

Quotes by John Singleton

Chess is a competition. Checkers is a competition. Mostly, I'm interested in doing real sports.

Quotes by John Skipper

I grew up doing sitcoms and theater and even playing with the Beach Boys, where you're programmed to perform, your body gets into a rhythm and you know it has to perform.

Quotes by John Stamos

I've found even after nearly 30 years of doing this, there are all kinds of new surprises that rear their heads at various times and I truly believe that 51% of the images, success takes place in the darkroom.

Quotes by John Sexton

A lot of people hear me attacking their certainty. I don't have any interest in doing that. I'm interested in penetrating the meaning of certainty.

Quotes by John Shelby Spong

I'm perfectly fine with the fact that lots of young folks are wanting to watch anime and read manga. I'm perfectly happy that they are doing things online, reading there as opposed to traditional print magazines.

Quotes by John Scalzi

When I'm writing a novel or doing other serious writing work, I do it on a schedule that dictates writing either 2,000 words a day or writing until noon. After I hit whichever mark comes first, then I can give...

Quotes by John Scalzi

The days are long. I'm not complaining, but it's a lot of work doing a single-camera comedy.

Quotes by John Ross Bowie

Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only one way of seeing them, and that is, seeing the whole of them.

Quotes by John Ruskin

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

Quotes by John Ruskin

We're doing everything we can to help bands from Buffalo.

Quotes by John Rzeznik

When I first started doing influencer marketing for my company Due, I lost my shorts with literally no return on my investment.

Quotes by John Rampton

If you cannot have fun on a set and enjoy what you're doing, you're better off giving it up.

Quotes by John Rhys-Davies

I knew when I grew up, I always wanted to be a liar, and if you're in television, you're lying because you're just pretending to be yourself much like I'm doing now.

Quotes by John Ritter

Basically, what I'm doing is what I want to do. I feel very lucky. And very satisfied.

Quotes by John Ritter

Neil Simon didn't like it too much when we came out in clown makeup. We stopped doing that.

Quotes by John Ritter

Stanford had no journalism program so I just learned by doing, effectively.

Quotes by John Pomfret

The one indication that I got that I was doing the right job in Bosnia was that at different periods of time all the factions came down very hard on me.

Quotes by John Pomfret

In human rights and peacemaking, it's really about having a solid concrete goal - the reduction of human suffering somewhere in the world - and then doing what is required to get that goal achieved.

Quotes by John Prendergast

I'm probably a little too impatient with ensuring that the networks and organizations I'm part of are doing the right thing, and pushing the right thing the right way.

Quotes by John Prendergast

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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.