--- title: "17 Ifs Quotes By Danny Boyle" description: "17 Ifs quotes by Danny Boyle. Plus more from Danny Boyle and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/danny-boyle-3499_again-and-again_theres-a-certain-truth-that-you-do-end-u_189640.png" --- > [Theres a certain truth that you do end up making the same film again and again so if you vary the genre…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/danny-boyle-3499_again-and-again_theres-a-certain-truth-that-you-do-end-u_189640.png) > [Film industry is a pretty brutal business. If you fall too far behind, all of the perfectionism in the world won't save…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/film-industry-is-a-pretty-brutal-business-if-you-fall-too-far-behind/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/583/danny-boyle-3499_behinds_film-industry-is-a-pretty-brutal-busines_1814515.png) > [It's a nice way to put the focus back on this simple act... if someone creates you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/it-s-a-nice-way-to-put-the-focus-back-on-this-simple-act-if-someone/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/danny-boyle-3499_focus_it-s-a-nice-way-to-put-the-focus-back-on_3216154.png) > [If the American taxpayer knew how much they paid per person to put Neil Armstrong on the moon they would never have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/if-the-american-taxpayer-knew-how-much-they-paid-per-person-to-put/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/danny-boyle-3499_american-taxpayer_if-the-american-taxpayer-knew-how-much-t_698275.png) > [I find my own pain and others' difficult to tolerate, so I always want to try to shift things so they'll be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-find-my-own-pain-and-others-difficult-to-tolerate-so-i-always-want/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f66/danny-boyle-3499_causes_i-find-my-own-pain-and-others-difficult_1447719.png) > [I always felt it is not good if you feel like you would know how to do something. I've made mistakes of…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/danny-boyle-3499_adrenaline_i-always-felt-it-is-not-good-if-you-feel_294746.jpg) > [I like to hide behind my intellect. But the truth is, unless all of us start getting honest about what the reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-like-to-hide-behind-my-intellect-but-the-truth-is-unless-all-of-us/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/danny-boyle-3499_behinds_i-like-to-hide-behind-my-intellect-but-t_1616691.png) > [My kids are too old to remember this now but, when they were much younger, I swore to them if this miracle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/my-kids-are-too-old-to-remember-this-now-but-when-they-were-much/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/danny-boyle-3499_happened_my-kids-are-too-old-to-remember-this-now_2978051.png) > [ There are three huge, titanic, space movies which if you ever make a film \[about space\] you cannot avoid. You may want… ](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/danny-boyle-3499_aliens_there-are-three-huge-titanic-space-movie_186649.jpg) > [When you're in zero gravity everything moves at the same speed and nothing stops it. If you throw something it travels forever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/when-you-re-in-zero-gravity-everything-moves-at-the-same-speed-and/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/danny-boyle-3499_chosen_when-you-re-in-zero-gravity-everything-m_1176795.png) > [Events in the present can trigger quite a young part of ourselves. If we don't take responsibility and start looking after that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/events-in-the-present-can-trigger-quite-a-young-part-of-ourselves-if/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/danny-boyle-3499_asking_events-in-the-present-can-trigger-quite_1042761.png) > [ One of the things in the Mary Shelley \[Frankenstein\] is that the creature tells his story, so this begins with the creature's… ](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf8/danny-boyle-3499_born_one-of-the-things-in-the-mary-shelley-fr_233734.jpg) > [If I am acting out in any particular way that is harmful to myself - without a shadow of doubt, there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/if-i-am-acting-out-in-any-particular-way-that-is-harmful-to-myself/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab0/danny-boyle-3499_acting_if-i-am-acting-out-in-any-particular-way_1156608.jpg) > [If I was single and did not have kids, I wonder whether if I would try as hard to be patient, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/if-i-was-single-and-did-not-have-kids-i-wonder-whether-if-i-would-try/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/danny-boyle-3499_be-patient_if-i-was-single-and-did-not-have-kids-i_1504178.png) > [Your first film is always your best film, in a way. There's something about your first film that you never ever get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/your-first-film-is-always-your-best-film-in-a-way-there-s-something/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/danny-boyle-3499_best-film_your-first-film-is-always-your-best-film_2180220.jpg) > [People say you never remember anybody who dies in movies, and it's true, you don't. You don't even remember people who disappear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/people-say-you-never-remember-anybody-who-dies-in-movies-and-it-s-2/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/danny-boyle-3499_causes_people-say-you-never-remember-anybody-wh_2550205.jpg) > [If I was American, I think I'd live in New York, because I like that East Coast mentality. There's nothing wrong with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/if-i-was-american-i-think-i-d-live-in-new-york-because-i-like-that/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/danny-boyle-3499_big-time_if-i-was-american-i-think-i-d-live-in-ne_1015093.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/danny-boyle/#itemlist", "name": "17 Ifs Quotes By Danny Boyle", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Theres a certain truth that you do end up making the same film again and again so if you vary the genre you have a chance of breaking that cycle.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Danny Boyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/theres-a-certain-truth-that-you-do-end-up-making-the-same-film-again/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/danny-boyle-3499_again-and-again_theres-a-certain-truth-that-you-do-end-u_189640.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/danny-boyle-3499_again-and-again_theres-a-certain-truth-that-you-do-end-u_189640.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/danny-boyle-3499_again-and-again_theres-a-certain-truth-that-you-do-end-u_189640.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Theres a certain truth that you do end up making the same film again and again so if you vary the genre you…” — Danny Boyle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Film industry is a pretty brutal business. 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