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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.

Until you're the person that other people fall back on, until you're the one that's leaned on, not the person doing the leaning, you're not an adult.

Quotes by Earl Weaver

My house was bugged. They couldn't find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don't like some of the things the government is doing.

Quotes by Eartha Kitt

Orson Welles was one of these people who was defying everything the doctors told him he wasn't supposed to be doing. He was really enjoying himself when he was eating what he wanted to eat.

Quotes by Eartha Kitt

One of the things women poets have been engaged in - among the other things they've been doing - is revising parts of the poetic self. Re-examining notions of the authority within the poem, and of the poem.

Quotes by Eavan Boland

Yes, I'm a 'Twi-hard.' I became obsessed. Absolutely obsessed. I didn't watch television, I didn't go to the cinema. My friends would ring and say: 'What are you doing?' And I would say: 'I've just got to finish this chapter.'

Quotes by E. L. James

Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.

Quotes by E. W. Howe

You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

Quotes by E. W. Howe

When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.

Quotes by E. W. Howe

I knew I could not maintain that leadership in open struggle against Moscow influence. Only two Communist leaders in history ever succeeded in doing this - Tito and Mao Tse-tung.

Quotes by Earl Browder

The truth is that I'm constitutionally incapable of doing an ordinary job.

Quotes by Dylan Moran

It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning to write a book.

Quotes by Dylan Moran

I don't go to different countries to criticise their political system and tell them what they should be doing - what do I know?

Quotes by Dylan Moran

I started doing home brew stuff with my dad when I was younger.

Quotes by Dylan Sprouse

A role I would not do: cool jock. That's not something I'd be interested in doing.

Quotes by Dylan Sprouse

My momma was working very hard, doing three jobs... she just worked her butt off, man. On the weekends she started to play this song called 'Living for the Weekend.'

Quotes by E-40

If you try to make money doing something you're not enjoying, it's a hard way to make money.

Quotes by E. Joseph Cossman

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.

Quotes by E. L. Doctorow

Well, I haven't been doing that much work with other people per se. I started doing more of that.

Quotes by Dweezil Zappa

About the only thing that I'll probably end up doing is I made this amplifier with Peavey. It's in the manufacturing stages right now, and there are a lot of orders that we just got for it.

Quotes by Dweezil Zappa

I constantly worry about my family and my kids. 'Are they O.K., what are they doing right now?'

Quotes by Dwight Henry

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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.