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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 not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.

Quotes by James M. Barrie

Great things that can happen when you're doing a movie.

Quotes by James L. Brooks

Media reporting denied privacy to anybody doing what I do for a living. It was no longer possible to work on your picture in privacy.

Quotes by James L. Brooks

When anyone pitches me - and I've heard it a million times: 'It's the black Seinfeld,' or, 'It's the new version of something that's already been successful' - I immediately shut it off. I won't ever entertain doing 'the new...

Quotes by James Lassiter

I like the challenges of doing different things. It keeps things fresh for me.

Quotes by James Iha

I started a recording studio. I started producing people and doing remixes.

Quotes by James Iha

If you believe in yourself, you don't have to do things the same way everyone else is doing it.

Quotes by James Holzhauer

Doing comedy is still in my veins; that's my first love.

Quotes by James Hong

I became an author because I love words. I enjoyed playing with them when I was a kid, writing stories and plays, and doing whatever I could think to do with words. I kept my love of them growing up...

Quotes by James Howe

What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.

Quotes by James Hansen

I've tried to be a straight scientist doing the science and reporting it as best I can.

Quotes by James Hansen

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

Quotes by James Harvey Robinson

I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.

Quotes by James Hetfield

When I was a screenwriter, I was doing it for mercenary reasons.

Quotes by James Frey

When I started working, I didn't have a clue what I was doing, in that I was just wandering around, hoping that I could succeed. Then after I got a little under my belt, it took me about 25 years...

Quotes by James Garner

I never wanted to be an actor. I got stuck in it and kind of liked what I was doing.

Quotes by James Garner

You see people doing Java-based internal applications all over the place, regular desktop applications that are sort of front-ends to the things in the back, or standalone things.

Quotes by James Gosling

If everybody loves you, you must be doing something wrong. It means there's no button being pushed... The only way that everybody loves you is toward the end of your career.

Quotes by James Gray

Honest to God, for me, I've never been a guy to stack projects. A lot of these other guys, they like to do this and then line up what they're doing next and line up what they're doing next. I...

Quotes by James Gunn

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I thought I would enjoy, which was acting. And it was probably because there was girls over in the drama school too, you know?

Quotes by James Earl Jones

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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.