Logo - Feel The Words

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.

If an L.A. actor is a star or a good face, and they want to get cred by doing a serious Shakespeare play, they will come to New York first.

Quotes by Dakin Matthews

One of my favorite things about doing movies is that you get to do different things you'd never do in real life.

Quotes by Dakota Fanning

I love doing improv. I love comedy. I have always felt this way, even when I was really young.

Quotes by Dakota Johnson

When you get out of the military, all you are doing is a work-up for the longest deployment of your life.

Quotes by Dakota Meyer

Being in the Marine Corps and doing the job I did, there is a lot of risk involved. It made me comfortable with risk.

Quotes by Dakota Meyer

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

Quotes by Dale Carnegie

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

Quotes by Dale Carnegie

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

Quotes by Dale Carnegie

I was reading scripts, doing coverage, for CAA. Reading hundreds and hundreds of scripts across the board, from blind submissions to 'Brokeback Mountain'. It was not always a pleasant task but something, in hindsight, I'm glad I did.

Quotes by D. B. Weiss

I grew up loving films and making stupid movies with a good friend of mine, who now actually has a career in a really prominent special effects house, so he's still doing it. We just started messing around with a...

Quotes by D. J. Cotrona

Skateboarding was the only thing I was ever good at. Growing up, I was doing that from, like, dusk till dawn.

Quotes by D. J. Cotrona

Anything I do, I'm doing it for a reason.

Quotes by DaBaby

But I did make some money doing commercials. I did fourteen in one year.

Quotes by Dabney Coleman

I work with Sally and I can see Sally doing that. She is very aggressive. Very fun loving and charming... and pushy in a very competitive way and a very healthy way and a very good actress.

Quotes by Dabney Coleman

We'd be doing parkour on my high school roof; we'd get in trouble. But I was never a reckless kid.

Quotes by Dacre Montgomery

That's part of the dream - doing my own stunts!

Quotes by Dacre Montgomery

Oprah Winfrey has a spiritual connection with so much of this country, and it was built over years and years of doing that talk show.

Quotes by Dagen McDowell

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.

Quotes by Cyril Connolly

We should draw deep into Madiba's wisdom. We should draw deep into Madiba's style of doing things in an orderly manner, in a purposeful manner, in a way where we focus.

Quotes by Cyril Ramaphosa

If you're filming somebody doing something they really want to do, you're probably not very high on their list of problems to deal with. You see James Carville on the phone - he's like that whether you have a camera...

Quotes by D. A. Pennebaker

You may also like

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.