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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.

When I write a story, I have no idea what I'm doing. All I know is that I want to share something with my readers. The whole idea of writing is this place where you lose control, where you're irresponsible...

Quotes by Etgar Keret

When you're in medicine - especially when you're a resident in a public hospital - you feel like you're doing your part. But not when you're a writer.

Quotes by Ethan Canin

Whatever faith you have, you have that crisis: what am I doing?

Quotes by Ethan Coen

There is some pleasure in doing a movie and problem solving on a specific movie and getting a movie made, but once they are done, we don't look at them again, much less relate one to another.

Quotes by Ethan Coen

With 'The Big Lebowski,' we were really consciously thinking about doing a Raymond Chandler story, as much as it's about L.A.

Quotes by Ethan Coen

Donner likes what he does and enjoys being on a set. He doesn't have to do it, its not like he has to make the rent. When I get to be his age and still enjoy what I'm doing like...

Quotes by Ethan Embry

In my senior year of high school, I was doing a dance with a bunch of friends for the talent show, and my pants split entirely in half. It was incredible.

Quotes by Ethan Slater

I'd like to just work - steadily work - and do parts that I enjoy doing.

Quotes by Ethan Suplee

I want to be on a show that's as good as the one we're doing and that we get to make for many years.

Quotes by Ethan Suplee

Women look really sexy doing action on-screen, and it is my favorite genre.

Quotes by Esha Gupta

It's a pity that if someone who has a really profoundly potent art to share chooses not to or doesn't fit into this very thin slice of what's desirable and marketable, chances are the public will never get a chance...

Quotes by Esperanza Spalding

I am a professional footballer and as long as I'm able to make a contribution, I'll be doing all I can to stay at the top.

Quotes by Essam El Hadary

Yeah, I've had an odd youth, But I wouldn't know the difference if I'd lived it any other way. And I wouldn't change any of it because I quite like what I'm doing.

Quotes by Estella Warren

I'd really started hating music. I'd started hating all the songs, hating being in the industry, hating doing the shows. So I had to learn to love music again if I wanted to continue doing this.

Quotes by Estelle

This fame is a juggernaut: It slaps you in the face, and you don't know what you're doing. You don't know who has your back, who is your support system.

Quotes by Estelle

Before this government came to power, many failing schools were simply allowed to drift on in a pattern of continuing failure. The government is determined to break that pattern and is successfully doing so.

Quotes by Estelle Morris

In theater, the wellspring of the character comes from the doing of it, like a trial by fire, but in front of an audience.

Quotes by Estelle Parsons

Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first.

Quotes by Esther Dyson

I have a short attention span. I couldn't stay doing the same thing for 30 years.

Quotes by Esther Dyson

I think we are all trying to figure out what it means to be the Church as opposed to just doing church.

Quotes by Erwin McManus

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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.