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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.

I could put everything I got in the bank on my abilities and skill and will, and what I'm capable of doing in the ring.

Quotes by Deontay Wilder

People who know me know that if I say I'm going to do something, I'm doing it. I am hungry. I am determined.

Quotes by Deontay Wilder

Personally, I've found that the kind of thing that I like is going into somebody else's area and not playing their music but doing whatever I do in their area.

Quotes by Derek Bailey

Solo concerts are murder, I find; I don't like doing them.

Quotes by Derek Bailey

I'm trying to be the coach. My actors are my players. They're doing things that I'm too cowardly to do myself.

Quotes by Derek Cianfrance

I feel like I'm capable of doing so many things to help people around the country and the world.

Quotes by Derek Fisher

I'm just the biggest klutz. That's the problem. I don't get hurt doing cool things.

Quotes by Derek Hough

It was doing very well; it was doing particularly well outside of England. It was a very big seller for Carlton Television. But it was getting more and more expensive to do.

Quotes by Derek Jacobi

The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.

Quotes by Derek Jeter

I want what's mine. I see other actors who are doing very interesting roles, and I just want to continue to do things that are interesting, and things that people will go see in theaters.

Quotes by Derek Luke

I see the tool set being the same and maybe doing virtual movies and that's fine for some stories but not for others. And maybe make all CG movies but they are already doing it.

Quotes by Dennis Muren

The Left is doing to America what it has done to almost everything it has deeply influenced - the arts, the university, religion, culture, minorities, Europe: ruining it.

Quotes by Dennis Prager

In various European countries, it is increasingly common for young men to live with their parents into their 30s and even longer. Why not? In the welfare state, there is no shame in doing so.

Quotes by Dennis Prager

I love doing independent films, but it's very hard to make a living that way.

Quotes by Dennis Quaid

A lot of people that I started out with, I don't know where they are. I guess it takes tenacity to still be doing this, and luck, but I've been very blessed.

Quotes by Dennis Quaid

Clinton knew how to get things done. He was battling the Republicans, and then he basically took a lot of their agenda and made it his own. That's what Obama's not doing.

Quotes by Dennis Quaid

The first phase of C was - really, it was two phases in short succession of, first, some language changes from B, really adding the type structure without too much change in the syntax, and doing the compiler. The second...

Quotes by Dennis Ritchie

Whatever we'll be forced to do later, we should be doing now.

Quotes by Dennis Weaver

I was doing something of my own after I left The Moody Blues, I went away, lived in Spain for a while.

Quotes by Denny Laine

We've got over 1 million merchants who have claimed their businesses on Foursquare, running specials and doing other things. What we want to do is take these tools used by the 50-100 national retailers and make them accessible to our...

Quotes by Dennis Crowley

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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.