You don't realize it, but often people are frightened of the director. — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I'd love to do a cop film in America. That's a genre I absolutely adore. — 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 dont see much difference between it and the other films though I can see on a rational and intelligent level there… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media. — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Its easy to like the most popular films, but I have a great fondness for A Life Less Ordinary. — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I haven't got anything against films that are about the minutia of relationships or customs, but I love extremes. — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
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
Theres a certain truth that you do end up making the same film again and again so if you vary the genre… — 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
Some of us are interested in directors, but really the vast majority of us are interested in actors. You experience the films… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I've never done a film before where every single person in the audience knows the ending. I mean suspense, twists are almost… — 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… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
The perfect equation is form equals content. The style of the film reflects the story, and that's what you're always aiming for.… — 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… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I have this theory that your first film is always your best film in some way. I always try to get back… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
To be a film-maker, you have to lead. You have to be psychotic in your desire to do something. People always like… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I don't want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that's under… — 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
Basically, actors arrive in a bubble. They have a little sealed bubble around them and it's basically [comprised of] their agents, their… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Both of my sisters have been teachers and they used to say you get asked between 300 and 600 questions every day… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Once, a French journalist told me that all my films are the same. I said, 'Excuse me? I work hard to make… — 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 haven't got anything against films that are about the minutia of relationships or customs, but I love extremes. I love taking… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I love huge movies. Not sure I am the guy to make them, but you can rely on me being there watching… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
It's easy to like the most popular films, but I have a great fondness for 'A Life Less Ordinary'. — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Everybody expects you to be qualified to talk about your films, but in a way, you're the least qualified person to talk… — 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… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Normally, I'm a very controlling director. Directors are controlling. It's part of the job, but there's various degrees of it and the… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Most films that I do, whether successful or not, just fade away. They have their moment in the sun, then they are… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
A lot of film directors are quite scared of actors. They are a bit of a nightmare sometimes, but I like them.… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I have a philosophy, a belief, which I can see in many, many other directors that your early work is your best… — 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,… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
The great thing about space films generally, with the exception of Apollo 13, is that big stars tend not to work in… — 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
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![“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 view. So, it literally starts with the creature opening his eyes and is born - but is obviously in his 30s. But because they're the creator and the created we…” quote by Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cf8/danny-boyle-3499_born_one-of-the-things-in-the-mary-shelley-fr_233734.jpg)
