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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 don't know what I would have been doing if I was not in YG, but I think I would be doing something artistic.

Quotes by G-Dragon

I'm the type of person who commits to the fullest to whatever I'm doing.

Quotes by G-Dragon

This is very intriguing to think we should audit the Fed, but I discovered that probably if they audited the Fed, it would get a clean bill because it's undoubtedly doing exactly what it's supposed to do according to the...

Quotes by G. Edward Griffin

Do I enjoy features? Yeah, I really do. Would I like to do some more features before I head to the barn? Yeah, probably. But I also love television. I love doing television because it's fast, and that I like...

Quotes by G. W. Bailey

I kind of do think of myself as a superhero and just flying high, and doing these crazy flips.

Quotes by Gabby Douglas

I'm not a big fan of doing what my mother wants me to do, like any daughter.

Quotes by Gabourey Sidibe

Well, I'm certainly glad that I was nominated for an Oscar. There is certainly a respect that comes with that nod. Also, a compliment that comes with it, too. Not that I really know what I'm doing. In a lot...

Quotes by Gabourey Sidibe

The performance of a lifetime is the perfect thing to be doing at this age because I can use the age.

Quotes by Fritz Weaver

Where I know I wanna go is being consistent on business, and that's just making another artist, my clothing line - capitalizing off the moment. I wanna be consistently doing that - capitalizing off every move I make.

Quotes by Future

The most fun moments are being on the stage and seeing how the crowd reacts to your music. The energy of the crowd that makes you just want to go in and keep doing it and be a part of...

Quotes by Future

If you're doing what you think people might like, rather than doing what you like, people will see through it.

Quotes by Future

I'm doing a book, 'Chasing Science,' about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport.

Quotes by Frederik Pohl

The idea that global warming is the most important problem facing the world is total nonsense and is doing a lot of harm.

Quotes by Freeman Dyson

I believe that we have been doing this not primarily to achieve riches or even honour, but rather because we were interested in the work, enjoyed doing it and felt very strongly that it was worthwhile.

Quotes by Frederick Sanger

In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?

Quotes by Frederic Bastiat

After I graduated from college, while traveling around Europe, hitchhiking, doing the tourist thing, I went into a church in Dublin.

Quotes by Frederica Mathewes-Green

Everybody has asked the question, and they learned to ask it early of the abolitionists, 'What shall we do with the Negro?' I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has...

Quotes by Frederick Douglass

I've found over the years that for some reason, people either are big fans and have to use me, or they don't quite understand what I'm doing.

Quotes by Fred Willard

My first improv was Second City in Chicago. Before that, I worked at - with a partner, doing comedy sketches.

Quotes by Fred Willard

Christopher Guest, he'll call and say, 'We're doing this movie, and I'd like you to play _' and he gives you the character, then I always like to enlarge on the character.

Quotes by Fred Willard

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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.