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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.

What we don't need to work toward is polarizing America any greater than it is. Look, I'm up here in Washington, D.C., in the Congress of the United States, and we have, all day, a lot of verbal vomit that...

Quotes by Emanuel Cleaver

I tried to bang down a lot of doors but Virgin were the only label who believed in what I was doing. I ended up with the label that understood what I was trying to do.

Quotes by Emeli Sande

I was doing telenovelas in Miami and Mexico, and everyone's dream when you're an actor is to be in Hollywood.

Quotes by Emeraude Toubia

Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them.

Quotes by Emil Cioran

I read a quote to the effect that we are always writing about ourselves no matter what we're doing. That may be so.

Quotes by Emil Ferris

Yes, doing a work, telling a story very much represents a way to save my own life, and on so many levels.

Quotes by Emil Ferris

I was illustrating, and I was cleaning people's houses; I was doing whatever I could to take care of my kid as a single parent.

Quotes by Emil Ferris

Just having the whole control over your body is so important when you're modelling - to just be able to know exactly what you look like and what you're doing.

Quotes by Elsa Hosk

I hated modeling. I was so scared. But as soon as I started doing jewelry, I did better as a model.

Quotes by Elsa Peretti

I get very frustrated by this term 'genre exercise.' I mean, what exactly is that? Genre is not really relevant when you are writing a song; hopefully you are doing it to explore something, to create something, and I don't...

Quotes by Elvis Costello

It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.

Quotes by Elvis Presley

I don't want to prove to anyone or prove to myself. I'd rather just enjoy and show myself that I am capable of doing it and actually going through the process.

Quotes by Elvis Stojko

But tending machinery was one thing; defining what we were trying to do and why we were doing it, and developing ways to measure how well the job was done - this was something else again.

Quotes by Elliot Richardson

For the entire first term, Obama and his people blamed Bush for everything - which is another way of saying they felt Bush and the Bush years were the inescapable reference point for everything they were themselves doing.

Quotes by Elliott Abrams

But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.

Quotes by Elliott Smith

There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing.

Quotes by Elliott Smith

I started doing sculpture in 1959. I had no commissions then. They were painted, similar in style to the paintings... At a certain point, I decided I didn't want an edge between two colors, I wanted color differences in literal...

Quotes by Ellsworth Kelly

I just enjoy batting. I love it. It's a craft and I love plugging away at it. I guess getting to do that in a match was the ultimate pleasure to be out there and do something I've been doing...

Quotes by Ellyse Perry

One of the main things I take away is just the way the boys approach the game and carry on. You are in the dressing room and it is very much just about getting in and doing as well as...

Quotes by Ellyse Perry

For me it was always about enjoying what I was doing and trying to get better, playing more and more sport.

Quotes by Ellyse Perry

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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.