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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'm not doing anything for anybody. I'm doing what I do.

Quotes by Guy Fieri

I don't usually direct actors in the classic sense of that word. Instead, I try to remind the characters before the shoot what's going on in a very simple way. I then watch them, their inventions as actors, approving or...

Quotes by Gus Van Sant

If you're all confidence, you never evolve or take risks. You're just stagnating in your artistry, whatever you're doing.

Quotes by Gustaf Skarsgard

I expected to be doing basement theater in the suburbs of Stockholm.

Quotes by Gustaf Skarsgard

I been doing music since I was 15 years old. I found it intriguing, just from liking and listening to music.

Quotes by Gunna

Don't argue. We ain't doing that. What you going back and forth with somebody over anything for?

Quotes by Gunna

Make it a joint effort. Doing a workout with a partner or trainer can motivate you to reach your goals.

Quotes by Gunnar Peterson

I'm always telling my students that if they can't explain what they are doing, to their grandmothers, then they probably don't understand it themselves.

Quotes by Gunter Blobel

It is a wonderful thing in the process of writing when such paper characters are first sketched, and, when one is doing good work, from a certain point in time they come alive and start contradicting the author as well.

Quotes by Gunter Grass

I'm going to say something rather controversial. Big data, as people understand it today, is just a bigger version of small data. Fundamentally, what we're doing with data has not changed; there's just more of it.

Quotes by Gurjeet Singh

I was always talking in weird voices from the time I was two. I guess I just found a way to keep doing it! I did get a degree in theater and took some voice-over classes... but most of it...

Quotes by Grey DeLisle

As a director, I've been able to combine with what I've learned as an actor and as a producer: it melds quite nicely into what I feel like I should have been doing all along.

Quotes by Griffin Dunne

If you focus too much on development of the visual angle, it could be a detriment to what you're doing musically.

Quotes by Grimes

For 'The Anthem,' a lot of my fans were like 'Oh, man, he's getting lazy making just, like, a pop format tune that everyone's doing these days.' But on this album, I wanted to write songs with vocals that would...

Quotes by GRiZ

We need a Federal government that does what the government needs to do and stops doing what the government ought not to be doing.

Quotes by Grover Norquist

I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures.

Quotes by Greta Garbo

I'm scared of the Internet. That's not real, but it is. I'm worried about what it's doing to us.

Quotes by Greta Gerwig

I sound like an old man when I talk about the Internet, but I am actually worried about what it's doing to our brains and our sense of connection.

Quotes by Greta Gerwig

I really enjoy what I'm doing.

Quotes by Greta Van Susteren

I'm a competitor, and since I was 2 years old, I have always wanted to be the best at whatever I was doing.

Quotes by Gretchen Bleiler

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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.