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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.

Every game, we're going to go for it, so when we get into playoff time, it's not like, 'You've really got to ratchet it up. You've really got to do something different.' Then what have I been doing the whole...

Quotes by Dan Quinn

I think good companies can navigate being public and doing the right things for their customers.

Quotes by Dan Rosensweig

But it doesn't matter what you're doing, it matters how you're doing it.

Quotes by Dan Savage

I know there is a stereotype that I am naive, but I know what I want, and I know what I'm doing to get there.

Quotes by Dan Shechtman

I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.

Quotes by Dan Harmon

The concept of doing holiday episodes is a huge part of what's fantastic about doing TV. And viewers agree; you see the numbers going up for holiday episodes.

Quotes by Dan Harmon

I don't think I'd want a revival. I'm not doing a tribute to myself.

Quotes by Dan Hicks

I'd rather be doing something than not doing something.

Quotes by Dan Jenkins

Of course, Dwight D. Eisenhower gets credit for doing more for golf than any other White House resident, a mid- to high-handicapper though he was.

Quotes by Dan Jenkins

It's that stubborn fixation on details that has invariably prevented me from getting excited about celebrating each passing year. Which is why my friends know that doing things such as throwing me surprise parties would only serve to surprise me...

Quotes by Dan Levy

If you've become a huge act and you're still doing the same music you wrote with your friends when you were making zero dollars, you're lazy.

Quotes by Dan Deacon

Then he took me off Jeannie and he gave me Millie the Model. That was a big break for me. It wasn't doing to well and somehow when I got on it became quite successful.

Quotes by Dan DeCarlo

What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener.

Quotes by Dan DeCarlo

I designed all the characters, anyway, and Frank Doyle was doing all the writing. I didn't have any more input on what direction they were going to go with Josie.

Quotes by Dan DeCarlo

I love theater. I grew up doing theater.

Quotes by Dan Fogler

I've been working very hard off-off-off-off-off-off-off Broadway and doing little films and really sweating my butt off in tiny little black boxes.

Quotes by Dan Fogler

I think I'm kind of attracted to the material more than the medium. I'm not opposed to doing a television show, though. I actually think there are a couple of good ones. And there is some terrible theater. Film is...

Quotes by Dan Futterman

Bill Clinton was a brilliant politician. If President Obama was a brilliant politician he would have come out before the election and said 'Hey we're gonna cut taxes, grow the economy, what I'm doing's not working, and we're gonna change...

Quotes by Dan Bongino

After years of doing it, you learn the difference between your ego and your opinion. When you're married you have to cut through that.

Quotes by Dan Castellaneta

I was interested in music and making movies about musicians, but my own experiences, and doing what it felt like for me to be a drummer? Nah, I wasn't interested in that.

Quotes by Damien Chazelle

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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.