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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 was a failed actor but I still wanted to show off, so I ended up doing live comedy.

Quotes by Graham Norton

The only reason why you should do a film is because it creatively carbonates you and gets you going. If you're doing it for any other reason, you've lost sight of why you're acting in the first place.

Quotes by Graham Phillips

I remember doing my first coaching sessions at Macclesfield, when I was still playing, and I was just terrible. I felt really uncomfortable standing in front of people, and it felt very odd. It was not something I was naturally...

Quotes by Graham Potter

I was always interested in art at school, and after year twelve, senior year, I spent three years studying graphic design at college. I worked in advertising for two years but didn't like it much, then began doing a bit...

Quotes by Graeme Base

I wanted to be a 'jungle mom', where you're giving birth and getting up and doing things straightaway.

Quotes by Grace Jones

We are still waiting for the president to introduce a concrete plan. He has just hinted at what he is thinking about doing, but no one has seen a proposal.

Quotes by Grace Napolitano

What I'm interested in doing in a story is bringing certain different languages, people, events together and then letting the reader make what he wants of it.

Quotes by Grace Paley

I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe.

Quotes by Grace Slick

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.

Quotes by Gore Vidal

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.

Quotes by Gore Vidal

I have no plans of doing a series of 'Raja' films.

Quotes by Govinda

I've been with Life now for seventeen years and I have written several articles for them and will be doing more writing and do at least two assignments a year besides my writing.

Quotes by Gordon Parks

If you imagine yourself as a craftsman at ILM, you spend your days tumbling buses and animating shards of glass. You're doing a lot of visual effects work.

Quotes by Gore Verbinski

I'd like to be remembered for the way I went about doing my job.

Quotes by Goose Gossage

Somebody who knows what they're doing, who has a good track record, they come across as very articulate, bright and looking for a challenge - that's absolutely my kind of hire.

Quotes by Gordon Bethune

No one is going to stick their head out of the trenches for someone they don't respect or trust. You can get shot doing that.

Quotes by Gordon Bethune

As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.

Quotes by Golda Meir

I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I...

Quotes by Goldie Hawn

In the '70s and the '80s, what wrestlers were doing back then, yes, they're taking bumps, and they're busting up their bodies and things like that, but now, we got these cages: they're falling off.

Quotes by Goldust

You might be sitting at NXT for six years. But, if you're sitting there at NXT for six years, and they haven't called you to the main roster, then you're not doing something right. That's just my opinion.

Quotes by Goldust

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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.