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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.

If you have a dream, you can spend a lifetime studying, planning, and getting ready for it. What you should be doing is getting started.

Quotes by Drew Houston

Some secrets are meant to be taken to the grave, and that's what I plan on doing with all mine. They're not necessarily my secrets to tell. I'm the gatekeeper of other people's secrets.

Quotes by Drew Lachey

I'm still the biggest wrestling fan there is; I'm the biggest mark in the land. I just took it further and started doing it!

Quotes by Drew McIntyre

I've had the benefit of doing pretty much everything. So I'm really pretty comfortable in any situation.

Quotes by Drew Pomeranz

I don't think much. I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing. Adjust on the fly if I have to.

Quotes by Drew Pomeranz

You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.

Quotes by Douglas Wilder

I'm doing a Dylan Thomas film, Map of Love, with Mick Jagger producing again. It's a wonderful script.

Quotes by Dougray Scott

In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.

Quotes by Dr. Dre

I had fun doing it, but acting ain't really my thing. I am more of a production/director type. I would rather be behind the scenes and organizing and putting things together like that.

Quotes by Dr. Dre

The race factor was just a minuscule part of what I was doing with Eminem. It was really about the music and how well we worked together.

Quotes by Dr. Dre

I was criticized by some people for my first album because they said I was taking sacred music. They knew nothing about what I was doing. That was no sacred music; that's music I wrote.

Quotes by Dr. John

When I first started, I didn't know what I was doing. I was such a - like a kid that got into things before I was ready. I was like the original learning-on-the-job-experience guy. All I knew was, if I...

Quotes by Dr. John

I just go out and play my game. Just making sure I keep doing those little things, like playing with toughness, that's just me.

Quotes by Draymond Green

It's unwise to say nation-states wanting to retain their national identity in Europe should be dissuaded or stopped from doing so. Nationalism can go wrong, sure - but everything can go wrong.

Quotes by Douglas Murray

I am much less concerned with whatever it is technology may be doing to people that what people are choosing to do to one another through technology. Facebook's reduction of people to predictively modeled profiles and investment banking's convolution of...

Quotes by Douglas Rushkoff

We need to pay our dues to live on this earth; we need to pay the rent, and I'm doing that with the work we are carrying out here in Patagonia.

Quotes by Douglas Tompkins

I just realized at least what I was doing was making a lot of stuff that nobody needed and pushing a consumerist society. So I went to do something else.

Quotes by Douglas Tompkins

I learned from my parents that you have to get pleasure out of what you're doing, or don't do it.

Quotes by Douglas Tompkins

It was the point where things became much more abstract and less literal than in the bulk of the film, which was hardcore rockets and space and planets - all a fairly straightforward evolution from what I had been doing...

Quotes by Douglas Trumbull

I've been doing a little project with my 11-year-old son, Charlie: we're canoeing from the source of the Thames to the Houses of Parliament. It's taken us three years so far, and we're only half way.

Quotes by Douglas Hodge

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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.