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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.

There's ways to amuse yourself while doing things and thats how I look at efficency.

Quotes by Donald Knuth

Young actors are pretty fantastic. I can't even imagine doing stuff like that when I was a kid.

Quotes by Donal Logue

I did pilots here and there but mostly I was doing little bits in movies.

Quotes by Donal Logue

I was being ridiculed for going to school... But, you see, I had looked hard at the other musicians and the whole show-business scene... They were doing with jazz musicians what they usually reserved for rock n' roll cats: making...

Quotes by Donald Byrd

When Stark isn't off sulking somewhere, or whatever he's doing when he won't return my calls, I alternate between the two. That usually works well, though occasionally an idea for the wrong guy drifts through my mind.

Quotes by Donald E. Westlake

I've done it 30 years. I don't know what there is to gain by doing it 40. But I think there is something about doing it over that length of time that says something. That's seven U.S. presidents and five...

Quotes by Don Novello

To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it.

Quotes by Don Rickles

Peyton Manning is doing things that I think no other quarterback in the history of the league has done at the line of scrimmage... I just think they are a team right now that's got a real chance to run...

Quotes by Don Shula

I'm not qualified for anything else, so I would imagine I'd either be doing something larcenous or I would have already been caught.

Quotes by Don Johnson

There's always somebody doing something more extreme than you are. It used to be that if you ran the marathon, that was the end of it.

Quotes by Don Kardong

When you learn, you grow. You have to stretch, and it's not easy. You know, if you're working out your muscles, if you're doing whatever, it's gonna hurt a little bit.

Quotes by Don Lemon

If we're gonna win, we have to play up to and beyond our potential. We're capable of doing that.

Quotes by Don Nelson

But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.

Quotes by Don Nickles

My bones are as hard as a rock. Every time I have a biopsy, the doctors are doing hand exercises a week, ten days out.

Quotes by Don Baylor

I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.

Quotes by Don Cheadle

I made no pretense of doing balanced reporting about murder. I was appalled by defense attorneys who would do anything to win an acquittal for a guilty person.

Quotes by Dominick Dunne

I grew up on film sets and I had a ball. It wouldn't have had nearly as much fun if my dad had been working behind a desk somewhere. I remember being on the set of 'The Godfather: Part III,'...

Quotes by Dominik Garcia-Lorido

I started doing drama after school, and it just developed into something that I did and I enjoyed very much.

Quotes by Dominique McElligott

Professional farmworkers who know how to do a number of different jobs, whether it be pruning or picking or crafting, they see themselves as professionals, and they take a lot of pride in that work. They don't see themselves as...

Quotes by Dolores Huerta

I always saw my role as getting LGBT to support the immigrant rights movement - which they did - and getting Latino organizations to support the women's movement, for reproductive rights. So that's kind of the work that I've always...

Quotes by Dolores Huerta

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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.