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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.

Even if we're not doing anything wrong, there are certain things we want to do that we don't think can withstand the scrutinizing eye of other people. And those are often the most important things that we do. The things...

Quotes by Glenn Greenwald

Obviously, you're being evaluated every single week, and you want to perform every single week. It's just going out there and doing everything possible to help the team win.

Quotes by Glenn Gronkowski

I'm not doing anything dumb; I'm not getting in trouble.

Quotes by Glenn Gronkowski

If you go off the Senior Bowl, that's basically what I can do. I played H-back, I played fullback, I played tight end, I played slot receiver, I ran routes, I caught some balls, blocked, just doing that stuff.

Quotes by Glenn Gronkowski

One of my biggest pet peeves is that I just don't like it when characters do things that are funny to the writer, but you don't know why they're doing it and it doesn't make any sense.

Quotes by Glenn Howerton

Life would be much easier if I just wrote the same book over and over again. But I'm not interested in doing that.

Quotes by Glen Duncan

If you're going to run a small business, you need to know what everyone is doing, be the first one in and the last one out, and work weekends.

Quotes by Glen Mazzara

I'm a workaholic. I've been doing my job for a long time.

Quotes by Gisele Bundchen

There's a button that goes On and I'm On. And when I go On, there is almost no me; there is just a character who is doing all this.

Quotes by Gisele Bundchen

I would like to take the stigma away. 'Mastectomy' the word seemed so scary to me at first. After doing research and seeing the advancements, the surgery has come a long way from 20 years ago. The results can be...

Quotes by Giuliana Rancic

I come from theater, and doing period stuff is so whimsical and imaginative and so outside any frame of reference than I have ever had so I prefer that just in terms of fun factor.

Quotes by Ginnifer Goodwin

With me and Timbaland, we would always be at the studio, but working separately. He would be doing his thing with the beats and I would be doing my thing writing and then we would both come together and say...

Quotes by Ginuwine

When you're doing an album, you need to come up with something new, be creative.

Quotes by Ginuwine

I am much more happy doing what I know I can do than what I am not sure I could do.

Quotes by Giorgio Moroder

I am not so complicated or intelligent a composer, nor am I very interested in becoming so. I am much more happy doing what I know I can do than what I am not sure I could do.

Quotes by Giorgio Moroder

I'm not going to be bullied into not doing what I think is right.

Quotes by Gina Miller

We can just keep doing it the way we're doing it. We can attack everybody for small-minded things and crush everybody with a new idea. And where are we going to be? Where we are now - behind. Or we...

Quotes by Gina Raimondo

I think the Founding Fathers probably knew what they were doing in setting up the government to have a healthy tension between the executive branch and the legislative branch.

Quotes by Gina Raimondo

I don't want the Latino community to think I think the reason Latino films are not doing well is because of us. It is not fully our responsibility.

Quotes by Gina Rodriguez

I love doing the nighttime soap, the emotional, psychological, hard stuff that I got to tackle on 'Hannibal.'

Quotes by Gina Torres

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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.