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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.

It just tends to be that the grass is always greener. If I'm doing a movie, I suddenly think, 'Oh God, I wish I could just get a play script I could get my teeth into.' If I'm doing eight...

Quotes by Douglas Hodge

I was doing a movie, 'Diana,' and I pulled aside the guy who was making the nose for Naomi Watts and said, 'I'm about to do 'Cyrano.' So he did various Photoshops of different looks that might work. I was...

Quotes by Douglas Hodge

When I did my first few television specials, my illusions were so advanced that it took a couple of years before the other illusionists could even figure out what I was doing, let alone try to imitate me.

Quotes by Doug Henning

A heck of a lot more accountability comes from individuals or the church doing it than the government, that signs off on helping people at 5 o'clock, because it comes from the heart, not from a badge or a mandate.

Quotes by Doug LaMalfa

Doing stand-up takes the fun out of being funny.

Quotes by Doug Stanhope

I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids.

Quotes by Dorothy Malone

Not that I don't care about winning or I don't care about doing well, but I have to care less about the things that happen that are outside of my control.

Quotes by Doug Baldwin

Everybody's doing it. When I'm performing and I do the Dougie, the fans lose their minds.

Quotes by Doug E. Fresh

I have new music coming out. I'm working on some television shows. I still do a tremendous amount of concerts. I'm doing my restaurant. I got a club coming in New York. The restaurant is called Doug E. The club...

Quotes by Doug E. Fresh

Doing what you thought was right for the country, rather than what was politically expedient, seems almost as quaint now as having civil disagreements with those whose viewpoints differ from your own.

Quotes by Dorothy Bush Koch

You want to make sure you're aware of who's dealing with your money, what it's doing, and how you can save.

Quotes by Donte DiVincenzo

What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us.

Quotes by Dorothea Dix

At thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut.

Quotes by Donna Rice

My PhD project was actually doing something that required a high-intensity laser. It was supposed to work in a way that many, many photons of light would interact with an atom all at the same time.

Quotes by Donna Strickland

Maria Goeppert-Mayer, you know, she didn’t even get paid to be a scientist. And yet, she was doing Nobel Prize-winning work. How ridiculous is that?

Quotes by Donna Strickland

We read to our kids at bedtime because we want to have literacy, but what are we doing to make sure kids are equally fascinated by science?

Quotes by Donna Strickland

I spent a couple of years doing American films. I did a few.

Quotes by Donnie Yen

Doing a movie is a stressful thing. You spend months of you life focusing into that one project, and I want to make sure I do something I really like or I'm really passionate about.

Quotes by Donnie Yen

Celebrities can suffer a horrible loneliness even though they have millions of fans. I started doing meditations because I realized that a spiritual path was necessary.

Quotes by Donovan

I never considered myself an entertainer. I always felt I had to be connected to something meaningful, or it wasn't worth doing.

Quotes by Donovan

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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.