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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.

Either you push forward with the things that you were doing yesterday or you start dying.

Quotes by Elizabeth Edwards

When I write a book, I don't have an idea of what I'm doing. I just go where it leads.

Quotes by Elizabeth Berg

There's some great women doing TV. I would love to do a Grey's Anatomy-type show. I'm a big fan.

Quotes by Elizabeth Berkley

I don't ever want to be doing the same sort of thing, I never want to be typecast, because I have way too much to give to be sort of, to always be the hot chick in the movie.

Quotes by Elisha Cuthbert

It's amazing that for actors mostly, it's a risk to attach yourself to a film that you don't know whether or not it's going to even be made and if you sign on, in doing so, who else is going...

Quotes by Elisha Cuthbert

You're lucky enough in television to always be at it, to always be doing it. It's like you're constantly that person, always, all the time. It gets to be like clockwork.

Quotes by Elisha Cuthbert

There’s so many things, when you’re in national security, that you do that aren’t perfect, but you do them because you think you’re doing what the country needs to be safe.

Quotes by Elissa Slotkin

I’m not having any problems with my body so I don’t need to supplement. Growing older you don’t recover as fast, but all-in-all I’m doing well.

Quotes by Eliud Kipchoge

I was the female lead in a romantic comedy. It's a little indie film that we shot in China called 'America Town,' starring Daniel Henney and Bill Paxton. I actually had to speak Chinese in the film. It was funny...

Quotes by Eliza Coupe

I have been doing this since I was 10 years old. It wasn't like I was an overnight hit. I think when that happens to some actors - they just don't know what to do with themselves. You don't know...

Quotes by Eliza Dushku

The movie I'm really excited about that I had really fun doing is 'Feed the Dog.' It's with Nat Wolff and Selena Gomez. It's really fun. It's raunchy, like 'Superbad' meets 'Risky Business,' kind of. I got to be a...

Quotes by Elisabeth Shue

We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else.

Quotes by Elie Wiesel

If you are a writer from Turkey, Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt, you don't have the luxury of being apolitical. You can't say, 'That's politics. I'm just doing my work.'

Quotes by Elif Safak

I'm worried about doing my best, playing to my potential, helping out my teammates, and trying to win games for the Giants.

Quotes by Eli Manning

I like to take risks and do weird things and stuff that's not normal compared to other Hollywood movies. Not stuff that's totally avant garde and daring, but doing stuff that's in other languages and not using stars and using...

Quotes by Eli Roth

Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting.

Quotes by Elia Kazan

I love doing stunts. It's so much fun.

Quotes by Eleanor Tomlinson

That's the thing: You don't understand burnout unless you've been burned out. And it's something you can't even explain. It's just doing something you have absolutely no passion for.

Quotes by Elena Delle Donne

I'm doing whatever I have to do to help my team win. So, instead of being focused on anything from the outside, I'm focused on winning and that next game.

Quotes by Elena Delle Donne

Spend time with your family and try to spend time doing things that you enjoy doing other than basketball.

Quotes by Elena Delle Donne

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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.