Danny Boyle quotes

Danny Boyle is an acclaimed English film director, producer, and screenwriter known for his dynamic storytelling and visual style. International fame followed his work on films such as "Trainspotting," "Slumdog Millionaire," and "28 Days Later." He continues to influence global cinema through his innovative approach and versatile filmography. Here are 57 of his quotes:

It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.

Danny Boyle

Celluloid will be the next decade's black and white.

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It's not so much what you learn about Mumbai, it's what you learn about yourself, really. It's a funny old hippie thing, but it's true as well. You find out a lot about yourself and your tolerance, and about your inclusiveness.

Danny Boyle

One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded.

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There's lots of things that can be solved with cash.

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The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted.

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If you have to be persuaded about something, you shouldn't do it.

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I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life.

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I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored.

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I love huge movies. Not sure I am the guy to make them, but you can rely on me being there watching them.

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I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar.

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Come a crisis, we want other people.

Danny Boyle

My dad was a labourer and my mum had exactly the same job as Noel Gallagher's mum - she was a dinner lady at our local school. Everyone comes over from Ireland and they get the same jobs.

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I'm not a 'Star Wars' geek.

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I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days.

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I love that sense of change that you'd get in pop music every three minutes, every four minutes.

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I kind of call myself an atheist, I suppose - although quite a spiritual atheist, I hope.

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The great thing with film is that it doesn't have an ego. It's just a film. Everybody that makes them has an ego, and the problem with awards and stuff like that is that it always affects the egos, and everyone gets stained by it in some way. And that can be fine and very innocent, but it can be horrible as well.

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A lot of film directors are quite scared of actors. They are a bit of a nightmare sometimes, but I like them. It looks like cunning, but you try to get extra things from them all the time, by stealth, by making them feel confident, so they trust you and you can push a bit.

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I've always wanted to do a space movie.

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I tend to score with songs from Western pop music.

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The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success.

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