--- title: "Best Danny Boyle Quotations" description: "Danny Boyle is an English film director and producer known for his energetic and unpredictable style. Browse 128 Danny Boyle quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b100/author-danny-boyle-3499.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b100/author-danny-boyle-3499.jpg) # Danny Boyle (1956) Film Director United Kingdom **128** quotes in **697** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Danny Boyle is a film director from the United Kingdom, best known for *Helbling Readers Slumdog Mill*. ## Quick Facts About Danny Boyle Born October 20, 1956 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Film Director Notable works Helbling Readers Slumdog Mill Known for Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, Trance ## About Danny Boyle The British Film Institute described him as one of the liveliest and most unpredictable of British directors, adept at shifting genres and bringing a personal quality to whatever he tackles. ## Awards & Honors Academy Award for Best Director European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film BAFTA Award for Best Direction Directors Guild of America Award National Board of Review Award for Best Film Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director ## Quotes by Danny Boyle · Page 4 > [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/) [Asking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/danny-boyle-3499_asking_events-in-the-present-can-trigger-quite_1042761.png) > [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/) [Chosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chosen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/danny-boyle-3499_chosen_when-you-re-in-zero-gravity-everything-m_1176795.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/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/danny-boyle-3499_cinema_always-changing-genres-making-very-diffe_2860883.png) > [Clearly, you can think back and see that a character has had enormous odds stacked against him and has to overcome them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/clearly-you-can-think-back-and-see-that-a-character-has-had-enormous/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Amnesia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amnesia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/danny-boyle-3499_amnesia_clearly-you-can-think-back-and-see-that_2987803.png) > [I've never done a film before where every single person in the audience knows the ending. I mean suspense, twists are almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/i-ve-never-done-a-film-before-where-every-single-person-in-the/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Audience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/danny-boyle-3499_audience_i-ve-never-done-a-film-before-where-ever_1735180.png) > [The perfect equation is form equals content. The style of the film reflects the story, and that's what you're always aiming for.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/the-perfect-equation-is-form-equals-content-the-style-of-the-film/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Ambition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/040/danny-boyle-3499_ambition_the-perfect-equation-is-form-equals-cont_1740817.jpg) > [There's lots of things that can be solved with cash. And there's occasional things that can't be solved with cash, which become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-boyle/there-s-lots-of-things-that-can-be-solved-with-cash-and-there-s-2/) [Danny Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/) [Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/danny-boyle-3499_cash_there-s-lots-of-things-that-can-be-solve_1941135.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/) [Aliens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aliens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/danny-boyle-3499_aliens_there-are-three-huge-titanic-space-movie_186649.jpg) ## Danny Boyle by topic [Film (41)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/danny-boyle/) [Cinema (34)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/danny-boyle/) [People (21)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/danny-boyle/) [Way (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/danny-boyle/) [Want (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/danny-boyle/) [Ifs (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/danny-boyle/) [Thinking (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/danny-boyle/) [Trying (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trying/danny-boyle/) [Time (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/danny-boyle/) [Theatre (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/danny-boyle/) [Kind (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/danny-boyle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-boyle/#itemlist", "name": "Danny Boyle Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Events in the present can trigger quite a young part of ourselves. 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