Danny Boyle quotes

To be a film-maker, you have to lead. You have to be psychotic in your desire to do something. People always like the easy route. You have to push very hard to get something unusual, something different. (Danny Boyle)
It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations. View quote
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Celluloid will be the next decade's black and white. View quote
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It's not so much what you learn about Mumbai, it's what you learn about yourself, really. It's a funny old hippie thing, but it's true as well. You find out a lot about yourself and your tolerance, and about your inclusiveness. View quote
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One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded. View quote
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There's lots of things that can be solved with cash. View quote
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The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted. View quote
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If you have to be persuaded about something, you shouldn't do it. View quote
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I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life. View quote
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I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored. View quote
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Although I behave in a quite reserved way in my personal life, give me a stage and I'll be as flamboyant as I can. (Danny Boyle)
I love huge movies. Not sure I am the guy to make them, but you can rely on me being there watching them. View quote
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I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar. View quote
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Come a crisis, we want other people. View quote
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My dad was a labourer and my mum had exactly the same job as Noel Gallagher's mum - she was a dinner lady at our local school. Everyone comes over from Ireland and they get the same jobs. View quote
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I'm not a 'Star Wars' geek. View quote
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I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days. View quote
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I love that sense of change that you'd get in pop music every three minutes, every four minutes. View quote
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I kind of call myself an atheist, I suppose - although quite a spiritual atheist, I hope. View quote
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The great thing with film is that it doesn't have an ego. It's just a film. Everybody that makes them has an ego, and the problem with awards and stuff like that is that it always affects the egos, and everyone gets stained by it in some way. And that can be fine and very innocent, but it can be horrible as well. View quote
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Actors want to impress at the beginning, so you take advantage of that by suddenly saying, 'Right, you're here for two weeks.' What you're doing is creating a siege mentality. (Danny Boyle)
A lot of film directors are quite scared of actors. They are a bit of a nightmare sometimes, but I like them. It looks like cunning, but you try to get extra things from them all the time, by stealth, by making them feel confident, so they trust you and you can push a bit. View quote
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I've always wanted to do a space movie. View quote
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I tend to score with songs from Western pop music. View quote
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The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success. View quote
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