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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 goal for me is the Olympics. It's Sochi and doing my best there. And, you know, my best has the potential to be on the podium.

Quotes by Jeremy Abbott

I want to help create the world's first global currency built on the Internet and built on open platforms and standards such as Bitcoin, and I want to build a financial services institution on top of that. That's what I'm...

Quotes by Jeremy Allaire

I love doing this day, and George was exactly as he's always been, very calm and very gentle, and if I'm in the final cut in the summer theater, I'll be thrilled. If I'm not, well that's the way things...

Quotes by Jeremy Bulloch

Since the new film has been out, I'm doing quite a lot but then in July I will start doing things at home. I have to fix the house up, see the grandchildren and such.

Quotes by Jeremy Bulloch

Just to be able to make money doing what you love - you can't ask for anything more.

Quotes by Jenny Mollen

I want to be doing something that I love and actually being able to feed myself by doing it.

Quotes by Jenny Mollen

I think, from a really early age, I just wanted to be an actress. And I ended up doing comedy because it was the thing that kind of, like, came out of my nature the most easily. But, I've always...

Quotes by Jenny Slate

It always feel like people are doing more grown-up things than you are.

Quotes by Jens Lekman

When we work for daily soaps, it is very time consuming: like, we work for 12-14 hours. But, doing a show that's interesting makes it worth it.

Quotes by Jennifer Winget

I think the tour is doing a better job of showing off the personalities of the players with their website, which is filled with tidbits of what the players are up to.

Quotes by Jennifer Wyatt

I'd been doing projects outdoors for the public. I made pigeons eat geometry by putting bread out in rhomboids and triangles. I don't know if this activity made sense, but the work was available.

Quotes by Jenny Holzer

The desperate things seem to require attention, the lovely things seem to elicit celebration. If I had to choose, I would go to the awful in the hope that doing something could yield a happier result.

Quotes by Jenny Holzer

I really like doing the laundry, because I succeed at it. But I loathe putting it away. It is already clean.

Quotes by Jenny Holzer

I have musical ADD or something, and I get bored doing the same thing over and over. I love different sounds, different influences.

Quotes by Jennifer Nettles

I come from a TV background, so for me this more like doing a freeing theatre piece because we'd go into a room and do the scene, instead of doing it as a wide shot, medium shot, and close up...

Quotes by Jennifer Sky

I assume the body language no matter what in doing voiceover. There is a transformative aspect.

Quotes by Jennifer Hale

One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them.

Quotes by Jennifer Jason Leigh

What's the point of doing a brilliant Hedda Gabler in my back garden if no one will ever see it?

Quotes by Jennifer Ehle

I don't do faddy diets any more. I once did a no-carbs diet a few years ago but it made me depressed. I couldn't be doing with that!

Quotes by Jennifer Ellison

Whatever I am doing at that moment, I want to make the most of it.

Quotes by Jennie Finch

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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.