Call methods by string

I have the following class.

func_list= ["function1", "function2", "function3"]

class doit(object):
    def __init__(self):
        for item in func_list:
            if item == "function1":
                self.function1()
            elif item == "function2":
                self.function2()
            elif item == "function3":
                self.function3()

    def function1(self):
        #do this
        pass
    def function2(self):
        #do that
        pass
    def function3(self):
        pass

If an instance of this class is created, it iterates over a list of strings and calls methods depending on the actual string. The strings in the list have the names of the corresponding methods.

How can I do this in a more elegant way? I don't want to add another elif-path for every "function" I add to the list.