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… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
You use elements of noir, but you don't want it to be too noir-ish. You don't want it to be advertised as… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I like action movies, even though I think action movies are kind of derided now. But there is something extraordinary about action… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
If I was American, I think I'd live in New York, because I like that East Coast mentality. There's nothing wrong with… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
But interestingly Star City's technology is all 1970s - still. In fact, it's alarming because you think, "You're not going to send… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
If I was single and did not have kids, I wonder whether if I would try as hard to be patient, to… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
As soon as you think you can do whatever you want and you have whatever great professional in the world waiting to… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I think women assess time passage much better than men - because of their biological clocks - and they are much more… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Clearly, you can think back and see that a character has had enormous odds stacked against him and has to overcome them.… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I always think, when there's stuff that people don't like, I always say that if I have another success, I'll enjoy it… — 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
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