--- title: "10 Kind Quotes By Danny Boyle" description: "10 Kind quotes by Danny Boyle. Plus more from Danny Boyle and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10b/danny-boyle-3499_about_i-like-films-that-have-a-kind-of-vivacit_808497.png" --- > [I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-like-films-that-have-a-kind-of-vivacity-about-them/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10b/danny-boyle-3499_about_i-like-films-that-have-a-kind-of-vivacit_808497.png) > [I kind of call myself an atheist, I suppose - although quite a spiritual atheist, I hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-kind-of-call-myself-an-atheist-i-suppose-although-quite-a-spiritual/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/danny-boyle-3499_atheist_i-kind-of-call-myself-an-atheist-i-suppo_2144178.png) > [I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-don-t-want-to-make-pompous-serious-films-i-like-films-that-have-a/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_i-don-t-want-to-make-pompous-serious-fil_1611941.png) > [You experience the films through the actors, so they're all locked into your imagination in some kind of layer of fantasy 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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb5/danny-boyle-3499_actor_you-experience-the-films-through-the-act_420707.png) > [I've just been to the Taj Mahal which I'd never been to and I'm not a very romantic kind of guy but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-ve-just-been-to-the-taj-mahal-which-i-d-never-been-to-and-i-m-not-a/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/danny-boyle-3499_guy_i-ve-just-been-to-the-taj-mahal-which-i_1841049.png) > [I like action movies, even though I think action movies are kind of derided now. But there is something extraordinary about action…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-like-action-movies-even-though-i-think-action-movies-are-kind-of/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/danny-boyle-3499_action_i-like-action-movies-even-though-i-think_936032.jpg) > [Some of us are interested in directors, but really the vast majority of us are interested in actors. You experience the films…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/some-of-us-are-interested-in-directors-but-really-the-vast-majority/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd7/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_some-of-us-are-interested-in-directors-b_633523.png) > [The most extraordinary thing, you'd be given permission for, and then the weirdest, simplest things, you just wouldn't be able to obtain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/the-most-extraordinary-thing-you-d-be-given-permission-for-and-then/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_the-most-extraordinary-thing-you-d-be-gi_3110910.png) > [ 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… ](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/danny-boyle-3499_appetite_we-re-trying-to-learn-from-olympic-beiji_503737.jpg) > [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) ## Other authors on Kind ## 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/kind/danny-boyle/#itemlist", "name": "10 Kind Quotes By Danny Boyle", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Danny Boyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-like-films-that-have-a-kind-of-vivacity-about-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10b/danny-boyle-3499_about_i-like-films-that-have-a-kind-of-vivacit_808497.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10b/danny-boyle-3499_about_i-like-films-that-have-a-kind-of-vivacit_808497.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10b/danny-boyle-3499_about_i-like-films-that-have-a-kind-of-vivacit_808497.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.” — Danny Boyle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I kind of call myself an atheist, I suppose - although quite a spiritual atheist, I hope.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Danny Boyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-kind-of-call-myself-an-atheist-i-suppose-although-quite-a-spiritual/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/danny-boyle-3499_atheist_i-kind-of-call-myself-an-atheist-i-suppo_2144178.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/danny-boyle-3499_atheist_i-kind-of-call-myself-an-atheist-i-suppo_2144178.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/danny-boyle-3499_atheist_i-kind-of-call-myself-an-atheist-i-suppo_2144178.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I kind of call myself an atheist, I suppose - although quite a spiritual atheist, I hope.” — Danny Boyle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't want to make pompous, serious films; 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