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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.

The thing I'm most proud of is that I've raised a lot of money for certain charities - breast cancer and the Caldecott Foundation and the NSPCC. But as far as my self-esteem is concerned, doing 'The Graduate' for 11...

Quotes by Jerry Hall

You have to figure out ways to do things on your own. I do my own thing, and I don't pay much attention to what anyone else is doing.

Quotes by Jerry Jeff Walker

I'm doing the best I can with what I got and that's all anybody in my band is doing.

Quotes by Jerry Cantrell

If you're not having fun - I don't care what you're doing - don't do it. Move on. Find something else, life's too short.

Quotes by Jerry Doyle

I don't think religious groups should be allowed to apply for federal funds to start new ministries they have not been doing before the funding was available.

Quotes by Jerry Falwell

If I were doing something that the Bible condemns, I have two choices. I can straighten up my act, or I can somehow distort and twist and change the meaning of the Bible.

Quotes by Jerry Falwell

I truly cannot imagine men with men, women with women, doing what they were not physically created to do, without abnormal stress and misbehavior.

Quotes by Jerry Falwell

We hoped against hope that what we had been doing was enough to prevent a riot. It was not enough.

Quotes by Jerome Cavanagh

Howard Phillips of the Constitution Party asked me to consider seriously running for president in 2008 and I am doing so.

Quotes by Jerome Corsi

There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do.

Quotes by Jerome K. Jerome

I like doing music. I like singing. I love all music. Music kind of goes hand in hand with acting anyway.

Quotes by Jeremy Shada

But as soon as I joined 'Six Feet Under', I felt like I was finally doing something again that the fans really loved, and I could stop being afraid of 'Clueless' fans!

Quotes by Jeremy Sisto

What Adam McKay did with illuminating the financial crisis in 'The Big Short,' he's now doing with the media in 'Succession.'

Quotes by Jeremy Strong

People always ask me how long somebody can last as long as I've been lasting and continue to keep doing it, so I figured that people didn't really know how to do that.

Quotes by Jermaine Dupri

When comics are in the room, people have a tendency to try to make them laugh. That doesn't really make you funnier. It makes you a comic's comic, but you aren't going to get a fan base doing that.

Quotes by Jermaine Fowler

My friend gave me a VHS tape of Eddie Murphy's 'Raw.' I watched it so many times, I fell in love with it. I would watch it every day, just picking it apart. And then I started doing open mics...

Quotes by Jermaine Fowler

Broadcast TV has a very classy but old-fashioned way of doing television. That's what it's always going to be. But you've still got to introduce young talent and ideas and shows to the masses. That's the way you build a...

Quotes by Jermaine Fowler

I don't know what the secret to doing standup well is, but I do know the goal is to be yourself as much as possible. And working harder than everyone else.

Quotes by Jermaine Fowler

Well, just coming off the stage and there's like 180,000 people out there and your adrenaline is going so high, and you're doing so much and it's hard to just put your head on the pillow and sleep because it...

Quotes by Jermaine Jackson

I would be a pastor. It is something I think about doing when my playing days are over.

Quotes by Jeremy Lin

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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.