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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 really spend a lot of time discounting the things I'm doing in hopes that I could be doing something else.

Quotes by Fred Savage

I used to like doing karaoke until cell-phone cameras came along.

Quotes by Fred Schneider

'Camp' sort of means you don't know what you're doing, and we know what we're doing.

Quotes by Fred Schneider

We are lucky to have a big fan base and that we can support ourselves doing live shows.

Quotes by Fred Schneider

Golf is supposed to be fun, but I don't think anything is fun if you're not doing it reasonably well.

Quotes by Fred Couples

I don't have any interest in cashing out or leaving the business or doing something else. I just love Subway, and I want to keep focusing on the company for the benefit of all our franchise owners. So I'm kind...

Quotes by Fred DeLuca

OpenAI is doing important work by releasing tools which promote AI to be developed in the open. Compute power is largely produced by NVIDIA and Intel and still relatively expensive but openly purchasable. Blockchains may be the key final ingredient...

Quotes by Fred Ehrsam

One of the things I particularly enjoyed doing was taking raw sound from locations during the film, like the candy machine, and writing pieces of music to go with them, which is totally unnecessary within the context of the film,...

Quotes by Fred Frith

I'm always trying to play pranks on people and doing silliness, singing extremely badly and extremely loudly on set.

Quotes by Franz Drameh

I'm not doing contemporary songs unless something comes along that really knocks my socks off.

Quotes by Frankie Valli

I learned by listening to other people sing and doing impressions of them. And there are things no one can ever teach you, like phrasing. By listening to Sinatra, for instance - you felt that everything he sang had happened...

Quotes by Frankie Valli

I think Lady Gaga is talented. Madonna is talented, and the flair that Michael Jackson had. He was talented! Whatever it is that they do, they must be doing something right. They do have an audience out there, so I...

Quotes by Frankie Valli

I want to interpret the natural world and our links to it. It's driven by the belief of many world-class scientists that we're in the midst of an extinction crisis... This time it's us that's doing it.

Quotes by Frans Lanting

The two designs are completely different. The first is totally futuristic, the second is more classical. You can of course get very excited about doing something completely out of the ordinary, just like the Olympic stadium in its time. But...

Quotes by Franz Beckenbauer

When I was told that I was doing a movie called 'Lola Rennt,' I was like, 'What?' I didn't get it, or the title. I started reading the script, and I still couldn't fathom that it was about a person...

Quotes by Franka Potente

I was hesitant about doing too big a role in an American movie because it meant losing my German accent.

Quotes by Franka Potente

I've been around two years shy of 50 years doing what I do. I am a musician.

Quotes by Frankie Avalon

Before you have a hit song, all you're doing is banging on the door and screaming, 'I've got something I want to play...' Now with the hit songs, they're like, 'Okay man, we're listening. Whaddya got for us?'

Quotes by Frankie Ballard

The average British person would hear me doing my joke about Rebecca Adlington and realise there's no malice in it. It was an off-the-cuff ad lib.

Quotes by Frankie Boyle

I played my first show when I was 17, and that was a big moment. I realized it was something I could keep doing.

Quotes by Frankie Cosmos

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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.