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> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/a-lot-of-film-directors-are-quite-scared-of-actors-they-are-a-bit-of/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

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## More by Danny Boyle

> [It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/it-s-a-good-place-when-all-you-have-is-hope-and-not-expectations/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

> [ There are three huge, titanic, space movies which if you ever make a film \[about space\] you cannot avoid. You may want to avoid… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/there-are-three-huge-titanic-space-movies-which-if-you-ever-make-a/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

> [Theres a certain truth that you do end up making the same film again and again so if you vary the genre you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/theres-a-certain-truth-that-you-do-end-up-making-the-same-film-again/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

> [You know what actors are like; they moisturize every night. They're frozen in time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/you-know-what-actors-are-like-they-moisturize-every-night-they-re/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/directing-is-a-mixture-of-compromise-and-perfectionism-when-you-lose/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/one-of-the-things-in-the-mary-shelley-frankenstein-is-that-the/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-always-say-to-anybody-who-s-going-over-to-america-for-the-first/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

> [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:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-always-felt-it-is-not-good-if-you-feel-like-you-would-know-how-to/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-always-wanted-to-make-this-film-or-another-film-i-thought-the-worst/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

> [You live your life and it ends quite quickly and all you can do with it is pass it on decently to someone else.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/you-live-your-life-and-it-ends-quite-quickly-and-all-you-can-do-with/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/you-experience-the-films-through-the-actors-so-they-re-all-locked/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

> [I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-learned-with-the-beach-that-i-m-a-bit-better-lower-down-the-radar/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

> [ We're trying to learn from \[Olympic\] Beijing, which could be very intimidating. We've learned to expect it's power, it majesty and that it completes… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/we-re-trying-to-learn-from-olympic-beijing-which-could-be-very/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

> [You can't tell someone they are wrong about their own life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/you-can-t-tell-someone-they-are-wrong-about-their-own-life/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

> [I don't want to make pompous, serious films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-don-t-want-to-make-pompous-serious-films/)

[Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/)

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