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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.

Usually when you're doing a season one, you're trying to find the show.

Quotes by Dean Devlin

When you're a full-time mum, you're constantly in that zone and doing breastfeeding and having a lot of boredom, too!

Quotes by Davinia Taylor

There are people who I still knock around with from the Primrose Hill set, but they have found sobriety, too, and are doing their own things.

Quotes by Davinia Taylor

They want to know I'm doing good, the fans do.

Quotes by Davy Jones

It's always interesting when you're doing things yourself - getting the lighting, getting everybody together. It's exciting.

Quotes by Dawn Richard

When you are doing endurance swimming you just need to take in as many carbs as possible to put on as much weight as you can. Basically you can eat whatever you want, which can be quite fun. Everything is...

Quotes by David Walliams

The idea of doing a tennis movie is truly unbelievable to me. Well, first of all, they don't really exist.

Quotes by David Walton

My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do. If it means passing up other possibilities, them's the breaks.

Quotes by David Wenham

Sometimes you have to make a complete disaster of your life in such an epic way that it will be absolutely clear to you what you've been doing.

Quotes by David Whyte

I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.

Quotes by David Stern

When you're doing characters from famous novels, you have a responsibility as an actor to make it what the writer intended. And then you add and expand from there to create a three-dimensional performance.

Quotes by David Suchet

I have no regrets about launching Salon. For the life of me, I can't imagine doing anything else.

Quotes by David Talbot

I'm as happy doing 'Postman Pat' as I am doing 'Hamlet.'

Quotes by David Tennant

The very best thing about doing it is seeing the reaction on kid's faces when you tell them you've done it.

Quotes by David Thewlis

I keep myself content by doing lots of different stuff and make sure that my next role is completely different to the last. I just enjoy the versatility of it, the challenge of doing lots of different things. It keeps...

Quotes by David Thewlis

I'm not one of those people who's against doing remakes.

Quotes by David Thewlis

I usually do watch what I've done because I think it's important. I think you can learn from it and see what you thought you were doing and what ends up on the screen.

Quotes by David Thewlis

What we do is ridiculous! I think that even when what I'm doing is serious, even when I'm not turning into a werewolf. It's a silly thing to do, isn't it? It's what you do in the playground when you're...

Quotes by David Thewlis

I started doing the big Hollywood stuff, and I realised, 'Oh, there's no rehearsal at all; you just turn up on the set, and sometimes you haven't even met the other actor, or the woman who's playing your wife, and...

Quotes by David Thewlis

I've never been that bothered about doing stage or television. I just love doing films. With theatre, it goes on night after night.

Quotes by David Thewlis

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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.