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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.

People ask me, 'Have you ever considered doing stand-up?' To me it would be less offensive if someone asked me, 'Have you ever considered dental implants?'

Quotes by David Sedaris

And I haven't met too many actors along the way that haven't told me how much the show has meant to them. It's one of the reasons they say they are doing what they're doing, today.

Quotes by David Selby

VA is a unique national resource that is worth saving, and I am committed to doing just that.

Quotes by David Shulkin

I think that by playing centre midfield in the middle of the park, I'm doing something which comes naturally to me.

Quotes by David Silva

I don't like doing the same thing over and over again, because I learn from being challenged.

Quotes by David Slade

When I was doing music videos, everybody was very snobbish about music video directors doing commercials. It was all guys from ad agencies.

Quotes by David Slade

I believe that filmmaking is a brilliant thing to do - be doing - for a living.

Quotes by David Slade

When you are doing music videos through the '90s, which I did, and the 2000s, you were put in the position, really, as an independent filmmaker. You were being financed by a major record company or a minor record company...

Quotes by David Slade

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

Quotes by David Starr Jordan

I'm in favor of building the fence, and doing everything technologically to protect our borders. But the other way to secure the border, and one of the things we must do, is put in place good guest-worker programs that employers...

Quotes by David Rouzer

I never knew that I'd still be doing this so many years later.

Quotes by David Ruffin

I will say that adapting a character like Da Vinci really wasn't that dissimilar from doing Batman or Superman. Because all three of these guys are really iconic figures, and yes, Da Vinci was historical, but there's clearly been a...

Quotes by David S. Goyer

I started in theater. I did theater professionally for seven years with my company before I started doing 'Friends.' I was waiting tables and doing theater.

Quotes by David Schwimmer

I came from a family where I felt great pressure to be financially successful, and I felt that staying in Chicago and doing theater, I was, in all likelihood, not going to find financial success.

Quotes by David Schwimmer

I love directing. It's something I started doing in theatre when I was in university in Chicago and I started a theatre company right out of college and was directing for many years.

Quotes by David Schwimmer

I am doing better now though one of my legs is shorter than the other due to the operations.

Quotes by David Prowse

The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and, as a matter of fact, has grown faster since I left than it was growing while I was there! It must be doing something right.

Quotes by David R. Brower

So then I started doing a lot of episodic TV, just car chases or helicopter chases or whatever.

Quotes by David R. Ellis

We're talking to New Line. They've got a couple projects they're interested in me doing and I'm having meetings at MGM. There's a lot of available projects.

Quotes by David R. Ellis

Often my characters don't know what the issues of the play are. They think they're doing one thing, but something else is actually orchestrating their lives.

Quotes by David Rabe

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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.