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> [Do the thing itself. Don’t pay much mind to critics or what anyone says about it. Just do it, in any form possible, and watch others doing it. Take it in viscerally, get it by osmosis. Don’t ever read your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holland-taylor/do-the-thing-itself-don-t-pay-much-mind-to-critics-or-what-anyone/)

[Holland Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holland-taylor/)

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## More by Holland Taylor

> [I've always had a hunger for realizing myself through my career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holland-taylor/i-ve-always-had-a-hunger-for-realizing-myself-through-my-career/)

[Holland Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holland-taylor/)

> [Do the thing itself. Don’t pay much mind to critics or what anyone says about it. Just do it, in any form possible, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holland-taylor/do-the-thing-itself-don-t-pay-much-mind-to-critics-or-what-anyone/)

[Holland Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holland-taylor/)

> [I always did think I would be married and settled down by now but maybe I ain't ready.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holland-taylor/i-always-did-think-i-would-be-married-and-settled-down-by-now-but/)

[Holland Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holland-taylor/)

> [I've had a long life and a lot of relationships and not one of them do I wish -- well, I take that back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holland-taylor/i-ve-had-a-long-life-and-a-lot-of-relationships-and-not-one-of-them/)

[Holland Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holland-taylor/)

> [I love playing someone who just skates by and does anything she wants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holland-taylor/i-love-playing-someone-who-just-skates-by-and-does-anything-she-wants/)

[Holland Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holland-taylor/)

> [I notice that most of the men who tease me about my hair, don't have any.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holland-taylor/i-notice-that-most-of-the-men-who-tease-me-about-my-hair-don-t-have/)

[Holland Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holland-taylor/)

> [I've never written a play before, and I'll never write one again. You can quote me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holland-taylor/i-ve-never-written-a-play-before-and-i-ll-never-write-one-again-you/)

[Holland Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holland-taylor/)

> [I've often played very strong, flashy, kind of inadvertently mean women. I am not that way in my real life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holland-taylor/i-ve-often-played-very-strong-flashy-kind-of-inadvertently-mean-women/)

[Holland Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holland-taylor/)

> [I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holland-taylor/i-ve-had-some-marvelous-parts-but-i-m-also-asked-to-play-characters/)

[Holland Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holland-taylor/)

> [There's a different experience when you're reading a book rather than when you're seeing something on screen. When you're seeing a movie or TV…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holland-taylor/there-s-a-different-experience-when-you-re-reading-a-book-rather-than/)

[Holland Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holland-taylor/)

> [I just never was the marrying kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holland-taylor/i-just-never-was-the-marrying-kind/)

[Holland Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holland-taylor/)

> [It took a long time to get to the place in my career where I could pick and choose what I wanted to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holland-taylor/it-took-a-long-time-to-get-to-the-place-in-my-career-where-i-could/)

[Holland Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holland-taylor/)

> [It's interesting, I had absolutely no maternal instinct. I'm much more interested in young people now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holland-taylor/it-s-interesting-i-had-absolutely-no-maternal-instinct-i-m-much-more/)

[Holland Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holland-taylor/)

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