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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.

It is much to be wished that one had a post that knew what it was doing again; and lawmakers that knew what they were doing. If I were the Government, I should feel rather ashamed of making regulations one...

Quotes by Jane Welsh Carlyle

If I was in charge, I'd keep doing The Go-Go's forever, but it's a band, so everyone has their say.

Quotes by Jane Wiedlin

It's one thing to be twenty and touring the world, but doing it in your forties, you wake up with aches and pains.

Quotes by Jane Wiedlin

I actually failed my first license test. I got an automatic fail. I guess I had been doing well but she had to pull the emergency brake so obviously there was a problem. I remember them handing me my fail...

Quotes by Jane Levy

The whole thing about doing TV is that you never know what's going to happen. You just have to go with it and go with the flow.

Quotes by Jane Levy

Honestly, it's hard to learn about comedy from comedians. Comedy is not something that you necessarily learn or can imitate. You're funny or you're not, and you hope what you're doing is funny.

Quotes by Jane Levy

I always ended up having the funny part in Shakespeare, but I really thought I'd be doing theater. That was my ambition for myself.

Quotes by Jane Lynch

And the program was developed in large part by behavioral scientists who were working with the military, who do everything they possibly can to measure a soldier's stress levels to see how they're doing physically and emotionally, as they go...

Quotes by Jane Mayer

I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked.

Quotes by Jane Horrocks

Oh, I'll tell you about 'Anyone Can Whistle' - the lesson I learned with doing that record is that the simplest songs are the hardest to do.

Quotes by Jane Krakowski

I was never one of those little girls who played with baby dolls and picked names for her firstborn. I was playing in the mud with my dog, doing backflips, and climbing trees.

Quotes by Jane Fallon

There's something lovely about writing a book, doing what you want. I love the solitariness of it.

Quotes by Jane Fallon

When my office asked the regional HHS office to participate in an enrollment event - something they routinely have done for previous ACA and Medicare Part D enrollment - they said no. They were prohibited from doing so - under...

Quotes by Jan Schakowsky

I always tried to do what I believed is right and I've always voted the way that I believe was the right way for my constituency, and that's what I'm doing when I govern.

Quotes by Jan Brewer

I think that I'm the same Jan Brewer I was when I first ran for office way back in 1982, which is a few years ago. I always tried to do what I believed is right and I've always voted...

Quotes by Jan Brewer

Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing.

Quotes by Jan Garbarek

I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years.

Quotes by Jan Hammer

When I got the job on 'Cursed Child,' I was doing another show in the West End, and I was playing a part that Marlon Brando had played.

Quotes by Jamie Parker

I used to like doing school plays.

Quotes by Jamie Waylett

To me, this was an oxymoron, doing a painting of a dancer. Dancers are always moving.

Quotes by Jamie Wyeth

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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.