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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.

Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude of the crime the best excuse for doing nothing.

Quotes by Hannah Arendt

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.

Quotes by Hannah Arendt

I see the most change in my body through exercise. They say diet determines your weight, and exercise determines your shape - I find that to be a pretty true statement. When I'm doing a lot of boxing, my hamstrings...

Quotes by Hannah Bronfman

I use By Terry lip gloss religiously - and I always have Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream with me just in case. Between the two of them, I've got everything covered, from chapped lips to stray marks to doing a...

Quotes by Hannah Bronfman

I live a normal lifestyle, but I try to make healthy decisions while doing it.

Quotes by Hannah Bronfman

Everything we're doing online is being not just monitored, but that information is being packaged up and sold and resold to manipulate us.

Quotes by Hannah Fry

Writing about 'What is art?' is not something I ever thought I'd be doing.

Quotes by Hannah Fry

I've been doing silly voices since I was a child.

Quotes by Hank Azaria

A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two and go, 'Let me try a bunch of things I was thinking of, as you were doing that.'

Quotes by Hank Azaria

You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all about.

Quotes by Halle Berry

I met my agent when I was 10 years old on a family skiing vacation. He asked if I was interested in acting, and I had been doing school plays. A couple of years later, I called him up, and...

Quotes by Halston Sage

I would never call a neighbor an enemy. But I would request the neighbor to be a good neighbor, to see that the neighbor's interest is a stable prosperous neighbor, a neighbor that is doing well.

Quotes by Hamid Karzai

I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.

Quotes by Hal Sparks

There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing. Unlike being in a band or a play or something, I don't have to rely on anyone else but me.

Quotes by Hal Sparks

One works in one's laboratory - one's chaotic laboratory - with students and colleagues, doing what one most wants to do - then all this happens! It is overwhelming.

Quotes by Haldan Keffer Hartline

I grew up doing a lot of theatre, plays, dramas, musicals.

Quotes by Hale Appleman

From about ten, I knew I wanted to be an actor, and I started doing vocal shows and stuff.

Quotes by Hale Appleman

There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and against doing it. The art of debate lies in presenting them; the art of life lies in neglecting ninety-nine hundredths of them.

Quotes by Hale White

It was kind of good that I wasn't doing the Hollywood high life and stuff like that when I was 18, 19, 20, 21.

Quotes by Haley Joel Osment

I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're...

Quotes by Hailey Gates

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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.