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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 think it was when I realised I could talk anybody into doing just about anything I wanted them to.

Quotes by Jeremy London

I always want to do things that are different. I don't want to be doing the same thing, the same performance constantly, and it feels like most people tell you that they are the same. However different you feel might...

Quotes by Jeremy Northam

The biggest compliment to me is that guys really approach me and they have a connection with me, so there must be something I'm doing that is authentic, otherwise they wouldn't connect with me so strongly. It's a real compliment.

Quotes by Jeremy Piven

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

Quotes by Jeremy Piven

I never made more than $50 doing any play in Chicago. That was the way I grew up.

Quotes by Jeremy Piven

I was in a play directed by my father, and I was doing a fight scene, and the choreography went haywire, and I flew backward over a chair and ripped my thumb all the way to my wrist and had...

Quotes by Jeremy Piven

When doing a fantasy show - or a show with fantasy elements - the more you can anchor an effect to reality, the stronger the illusion is.

Quotes by Jeremy Podeswa

When I started as a filmmaker, I never, ever imagined in a million years that I would be doing television because, at that time, TV was a very different medium.

Quotes by Jeremy Podeswa

In 'Queer as Folk,' we had three or four sex scenes in every episode, so I got used to doing that very early on. Those kinds of scenes can be challenging. They take a bit of time, and everyone's a...

Quotes by Jeremy Podeswa

I've got to be active in life, and it's the same when I'm doing stunts in a movie: I'll do anything.

Quotes by Jeremy Renner

When I had no place to live and I had no place to sleep - and I did sleep in the Metro - I held steadfast to the fact that I had a dream, a reason why I'm doing this......

Quotes by Jeremy Scott

We are not doing celebrity, personality, abusive politics - we are doing ideas. This is about hope.

Quotes by Jeremy Corbyn

I'm just a very normal person, living in north London, doing my best for my area and to put forward some serious debate on issues in the party.

Quotes by Jeremy Corbyn

You must engage at the level of people's higher order values, and in doing so, you can engage them in a meaningful way on a large number of issues.

Quotes by Jeremy Heimans

President Trump has a unique way of doing things different to his predecessors, but what I would say is that don't underestimate his ability to take very intractable situations and shake the deck of cards and try and find a...

Quotes by Jeremy Hunt

I was the youngest. The yule lamb. The one who always got away without doing the washing up. My sister was four years older, and my brother six years.

Quotes by Jeremy Irons

I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what I was doing, but it worked and the character suited me.

Quotes by Jeremy Irons

I like doing stuff with my friends.

Quotes by Jeremy Irvine

My school reports always used to point out that my concentration levels were appalling. I never listened in class because I was always daydreaming about racing. I never thought for a moment about doing anything else. There was no guarantee...

Quotes by Jenson Button

I want to show people all of me, because that's what I haven't been doing. To be able to play so many instruments, and no one's ever seen me play, it seems like someone who's bluffing.

Quotes by Jeremih

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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.