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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 guess if you're a professional mascot, you're doing it for the money, but a college mascot just wants to be out there.

Quotes by Fred Willard

If I keep doing films like 'The Riot Club' they're going to think I'm a posh git.

Quotes by Freddie Fox

Just got to keep going out there and keep swinging. That's all I can really do. Getting work in, doing everything I can to get ready for the game.

Quotes by Freddie Freeman

I ain't on no major. Everything independent. Either way it goes, I am doing me, and I am doing Freddie Gibbs.

Quotes by Freddie Gibbs

This is the land of getting over. The land of second or even third chances; the land of doing whatever you have to do by any means necessary in order to fulfill the American Dream.

Quotes by Freddie Gibbs

It's very nice having my mum as my agent. You know that she's always doing what's best for you.

Quotes by Freddie Highmore

I never really acted at school. It was doing small parts on TV that really got me started.

Quotes by Freddie Highmore

I am in discussions with a label. We are talking about doing something.

Quotes by Freddie Hubbard

Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?

Quotes by Freddie Mercury

What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?

Quotes by Freddie Mercury

I couldn't fight, and I wasn't particularly interested in the academic. So I started doing satiric bits in the school bathroom. Guys would cut class to come and see me.

Quotes by Freddie Prinze

When we started out doing YouTube videos, I think we were very, very early on in terms of people doing a behind-the-scenes component.

Quotes by Freddie Wong

From a creative perspective, we've been very fortunate in that doing it the 'VGHS' way gave us unlimited freedom. Whatever we wanted to do, however we wanted to do it, we had that.

Quotes by Freddie Wong

We're able to push the envelope with what we're doing, both on a technical and artistic level, which is the most that any filmmaker can ask for.

Quotes by Freddie Wong

Great visual effects serve story and character and in doing so, are, by their very definition, invisible.

Quotes by Freddie Wong

When we started doing YouTube, the goal was, hey, let's make stuff that we want to see, that entertains us.

Quotes by Freddie Wong

I honestly didn't expect this much attention, but it just keeps happening so I must be doing something right.

Quotes by Freddy Adu

All I can say is, hey, if you have fun doing what you do, if you have fun playing soccer, the creativity is just going to come as time goes on.

Quotes by Freddy Adu

I thought what the military was doing was unconstitutional.

Quotes by Fred Korematsu

I appreciate everything. I built my career from very humble beginnings. Every job I've had, every next rung on the ladder, I appreciate because I know where it started - I started doing Pac-Man vitamin commercials.

Quotes by Fred Savage

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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.