--- title: "17 Want Quotes By Danny Boyle" description: "17 Want quotes by Danny Boyle. Plus more from Danny Boyle and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_i-don-t-want-to-make-pompous-serious-fil_542126.png" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_i-don-t-want-to-make-pompous-serious-fil_542126.png) > [Come a crisis, we want other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/come-a-crisis-we-want-other-people/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/danny-boyle-3499_come_come-a-crisis-we-want-other-people-30606_3060627.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) > [I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-want-people-to-leave-the-cinema-feeling-that-something-s-been/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_i-want-people-to-leave-the-cinema-feelin_2126145.png) > [ What you do is take the power \[popularity\] gives you - which is very temporary and minor but significant - and use… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/what-you-do-is-take-the-power-popularity-gives-you-which-is-very/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/danny-boyle-3499_danger_what-you-do-is-take-the-power-popularity_768983.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/you-use-elements-of-noir-but-you-don-t-want-it-to-be-too-noir-ish-you/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/danny-boyle-3499_asking_you-use-elements-of-noir-but-you-don-t-w_928921.png) > [As soon as you think you can do whatever you want and you have whatever great professional in the world waiting to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/as-soon-as-you-think-you-can-do-whatever-you-want-and-you-have/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/danny-boyle-3499_career_as-soon-as-you-think-you-can-do-whatever_2579167.png) > [ There is a Steve \[Jobs\] that Apple would like to actually present to the public. They have a character, Steve, and they… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/there-is-a-steve-jobs-that-apple-would-like-to-actually-present-to/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/737/danny-boyle-3499_apple_there-is-a-steve-jobs-that-apple-would-l_2042804.png) > [We want to see drama told in a cathartic way, with power, with emotion where you empathize and then you're frightened. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/we-want-to-see-drama-told-in-a-cathartic-way-with-power-with-emotion/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e2/danny-boyle-3499_cathartic_we-want-to-see-drama-told-in-a-cathartic_1630474.png) > [Actors want to impress at the beginning, so you take advantage of that by suddenly saying, 'Right, you're here for two weeks.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/actors-want-to-impress-at-the-beginning-so-you-take-advantage-of-that/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/danny-boyle-3499_actors_actors-want-to-impress-at-the-beginning_2391890.jpg) > [I don't want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that's under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-don-t-want-people-to-sit-there-and-objectively-watch-the-film-i/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaf/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_i-don-t-want-people-to-sit-there-and-obj_819023.png) > [Even though one of them is about an Edinburgh junkie and ones a little boy of eight in Manchester, you want them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/even-though-one-of-them-is-about-an-edinburgh-junkie-and-ones-a/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cee/danny-boyle-3499_audience_even-though-one-of-them-is-about-an-edin_1445306.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) > [When you have children your own hypocrisy becomes more apparent because you're telling them how to behave, and you're not behaving like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/when-you-have-children-your-own-hypocrisy-becomes-more-apparent/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cad/danny-boyle-3499_behave_when-you-have-children-your-own-hypocris_2367612.png) > [Actors are steeped in a world of agents and where the next job is coming from and what are their expenses and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/actors-are-steeped-in-a-world-of-agents-and-where-the-next-job-is/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dca/danny-boyle-3499_actor_actors-are-steeped-in-a-world-of-agents_2737672.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) > [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 Want ## 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/want/danny-boyle/#itemlist", "name": "17 Want Quotes By Danny Boyle", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't want to make pompous, serious films.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Danny Boyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-don-t-want-to-make-pompous-serious-films/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_i-don-t-want-to-make-pompous-serious-fil_542126.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_i-don-t-want-to-make-pompous-serious-fil_542126.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_i-don-t-want-to-make-pompous-serious-fil_542126.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't want to make pompous, serious films.” — Danny Boyle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Come a crisis, we want other people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Danny Boyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/come-a-crisis-we-want-other-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/danny-boyle-3499_come_come-a-crisis-we-want-other-people-30606_3060627.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/danny-boyle-3499_come_come-a-crisis-we-want-other-people-30606_3060627.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/danny-boyle-3499_come_come-a-crisis-we-want-other-people-30606_3060627.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Come a crisis, we want other people.” — 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; 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-don-t-want-to-make-pompous-serious-films-i-like-films-that-have-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_i-don-t-want-to-make-pompous-serious-fil_1611941.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_i-don-t-want-to-make-pompous-serious-fil_1611941.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_i-don-t-want-to-make-pompous-serious-fil_1611941.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't want to make pompous, serious films; 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": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Danny Boyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-want-people-to-leave-the-cinema-feeling-that-something-s-been/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_i-want-people-to-leave-the-cinema-feelin_2126145.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_i-want-people-to-leave-the-cinema-feelin_2126145.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_i-want-people-to-leave-the-cinema-feelin_2126145.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life.” — Danny Boyle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What you do is take the power [popularity] gives you - which is very temporary and minor but significant - and use it. 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