Film industry is a pretty brutal business. If you fall too far behind, all of the perfectionism in the world won't save… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
One of the traditions of film acting is a sort of mumbled realism. Be minimal, and do less. 'Even less than that.' — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life. — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Your first film is always your best film, in a way. There's something about your first film that you never ever get… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
You don't realize it, but often people are frightened of the director. — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
The great thing with film is that it doesn't have an ego. It's just a film. Everybody that makes them has an… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I made this film 'The Beach,' which didn't take place in a city, and it didn't really suit me. — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Always changing genres, making very different films is a good idea. It's a way of making yourself feel vulnerable again, getting back… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
The most extraordinary thing, you'd be given permission for, and then the weirdest, simplest things, you just wouldn't be able to obtain… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
There are three huge, titanic, space movies which if you ever make a film [about space] you cannot avoid. You may want to avoid… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Theres a certain truth that you do end up making the same film again and again so if you vary the genre you have… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
You know what actors are like; they moisturize every night. They're frozen in time. — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Directing is a mixture of compromise and perfectionism. When you lose the judgment of which is more important at any particular moment, you're time… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
One of the things in the Mary Shelley [Frankenstein] is that the creature tells his story, so this begins with the creature's point of… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I always say to anybody who's going over to America for the first time, 'Whatever you do, go and see a popular mainstream film… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I always felt it is not good if you feel like you would know how to do something. I've made mistakes of telling people:… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I always wanted to make this film or another film. I thought the worst thing you could do was to react to Slumdog's success… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
You live your life and it ends quite quickly and all you can do with it is pass it on decently to someone else.… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
You experience the films through the actors, so they're all locked into your imagination in some kind of layer of fantasy or hatred or… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar. — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image