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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.

Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God.

Quotes by Edwin Louis Cole

In any competitive environment, whether you're in sales or marketing or whatever it is, you have to know your competition, understand who they are, do intelligent analysis on them and then you have to know yourself - who you are...

Quotes by Edwin Moses

My career proves that you can be on top for a long period of time by doing things that come naturally.

Quotes by Edwin Moses

It's dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing.

Quotes by Edward Norton

I don't get much out of doing a red carpet.

Quotes by Edward Norton

Actors are always grabbing each other on stage, looking in each other's eyes, making a moment so private, the audience doesn't know what they're doing.

Quotes by Edward Herrmann

The older you get the more you understand what you're doing.

Quotes by Edward James Olmos

To do this job, you really have to love what you're doing.

Quotes by Edward Kitsis

Innovation happens because there are people out there doing and trying a lot of different things.

Quotes by Edward Felten

I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy.

Quotes by Edward Burns

It's so hard to raise money for independent films and the fact of the matter is that the bigger my star or whatever is, as a result of doing bigger pictures, the easier it is for me to get money...

Quotes by Edward Burns

An ideal reader is someone who doesn't know what on Earth you've been doing, who will look at it with absolute freshness and go, 'Oh, so that's what you've been up to.'

Quotes by Edward Carey

Let us begin by doing our best to do our best, every single time, no matter what, forever.

Quotes by Edward Albert

What the customer demands is last year's model, cheaper. To find out what the customer needs you have to understand what the customer is doing as well as he understands it. Then you build what he needs and you educate...

Quotes by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Some of us have been thinking and talking too long without doing anything. Poems are perfect; picketing, sometimes, is better.

Quotes by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.

Quotes by Edith Wharton

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.

Quotes by Edith Wharton

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.

Quotes by Edie Falco

Of course we all dream about doing big, playing for big clubs, but I wanted to play football because of the love for the game.

Quotes by Edin Dzeko

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.

Quotes by Edgar Degas

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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.