--- title: "17 Way Quotes By Danny Boyle" description: "17 Way quotes by Danny Boyle. Plus more from Danny Boyle and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/danny-boyle-3499_comedy_i-find-that-people-find-a-way-out-of-mis_2122724.png" --- > [I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-find-that-people-find-a-way-out-of-misery-through-humor-and-it-s/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/danny-boyle-3499_comedy_i-find-that-people-find-a-way-out-of-mis_2122724.png) > [Although I behave in a quite reserved way in my personal life, give me a stage and I'll be as flamboyant as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/although-i-behave-in-a-quite-reserved-way-in-my-personal-life-give-me/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/danny-boyle-3499_behave_although-i-behave-in-a-quite-reserved-wa_2246613.png) > [The most important thing about Olympics, of course, is the games and not the opening ceremony. It's weird the way it gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/the-most-important-thing-about-olympics-of-course-is-the-games-and/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a94/danny-boyle-3499_ceremony_the-most-important-thing-about-olympics_2623305.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) > [The great thing with film is that it doesn't have an ego. It's just a film. Everybody that makes them has an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/the-great-thing-with-film-is-that-it-doesn-t-have-an-ego-it-s-just-a/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/danny-boyle-3499_awards_the-great-thing-with-film-is-that-it-doe_2520396.png) > [The individual will to survive is often seen as just that, an individual thing. In fact, it's sort of a gene we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/the-individual-will-to-survive-is-often-seen-as-just-that-an/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/danny-boyle-3499_computer_the-individual-will-to-survive-is-often_2689534.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) > [Everybody expects you to be qualified to talk about your films, but in a way, you're the least qualified person to talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/everybody-expects-you-to-be-qualified-to-talk-about-your-films-but-in/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4f/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_everybody-expects-you-to-be-qualified-to_1549173.jpg) > [I always wanted to make this film or another film. I thought the worst thing you could do was to react to…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/371/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_i-always-wanted-to-make-this-film-or-ano_319691.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) > [I have this theory that your first film is always your best film in some way. I always try to get back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-have-this-theory-that-your-first-film-is-always-your-best-film-in/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6e/danny-boyle-3499_best-film_i-have-this-theory-that-your-first-film_870686.png) > [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) > [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) > [Movies are about time. You can take that momentum and manipulate time as well, or you can deliberately slow it down, stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/movies-are-about-time-you-can-take-that-momentum-and-manipulate-time/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/danny-boyle-3499_art_movies-are-about-time-you-can-take-that_799525.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) > [Always changing genres, making very different films is a good idea. It's a way of making yourself feel vulnerable again, getting back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/always-changing-genres-making-very-different-films-is-a-good-idea-it/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_always-changing-genres-making-very-diffe_2860883.png) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/danny-boyle/#itemlist", "name": "17 Way Quotes By Danny Boyle", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are not in quite such a state of misery.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Danny Boyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-find-that-people-find-a-way-out-of-misery-through-humor-and-it-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/danny-boyle-3499_comedy_i-find-that-people-find-a-way-out-of-mis_2122724.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/danny-boyle-3499_comedy_i-find-that-people-find-a-way-out-of-mis_2122724.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/danny-boyle-3499_comedy_i-find-that-people-find-a-way-out-of-mis_2122724.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people…” — Danny Boyle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Although I behave in a quite reserved way in my personal life, give me a stage and I'll be as flamboyant as I can.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Danny Boyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/although-i-behave-in-a-quite-reserved-way-in-my-personal-life-give-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/danny-boyle-3499_behave_although-i-behave-in-a-quite-reserved-wa_2246613.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/danny-boyle-3499_behave_although-i-behave-in-a-quite-reserved-wa_2246613.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/danny-boyle-3499_behave_although-i-behave-in-a-quite-reserved-wa_2246613.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Although I behave in a quite reserved way in my personal life, give me a stage and I'll be as flamboyant as…” — Danny Boyle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The most important thing about Olympics, of course, is the games and not the opening ceremony. 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