Danny Boyle Quotes

A collection of quotes by Danny Boyle.

Danny Boyle is a highly acclaimed English film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born on October 20, 1956, in Radcliffe, Lancashire, Boyle began his career in theater before making his mark in the world of cinema. He studied English and Drama at Bangor University and later pursued a directing course at the Royal Court Theatre in London.

Boyle gained significant recognition for his 1996 film "Trainspotting," a dark comedy-drama that explored the lives of heroin addicts in Edinburgh. This breakout film earned him international acclaim and firmly established his unique style, characterized by intense visuals, energetic pacing, and compelling storytelling.

In 2008, Boyle gained further global success with his film "Slumdog Millionaire." This rags-to-riches tale set in Mumbai won numerous awards, including eight Academy Awards, earning Boyle the Oscar for Best Director.

Throughout his career, Boyle has consistently demonstrated his versatility and willingness to explore various genres. His filmography includes a wide range of projects, from the thrilling horror "28 Days Later" (2002) to the heart-wrenching drama "127 Hours" (2010). Boyle's ability to seamlessly transition between different genres showcases his immense talent and adaptability as a filmmaker.

Aside from film, Boyle has also directed theater productions and served as the artistic director for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London, which received widespread acclaim.

With his unique visual style, innovative storytelling techniques, and an impressive body of work, Danny Boyle has solidified his position as one of the most influential and respected directors in contemporary cinema.

I'd love to do a modern-day musical that's full of original

I'd love to do a modern-day musical that's full of original music. To get your contemporaries to sing and dance without looking foolish and for it to be transformational and magical and all those things a musical is supposed to be.

A lot of film directors are quite scared of actors. They are

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.

I like action movies, even though I think action movies are

I like action movies, even though I think action movies are kind of derided now. But there is something extraordinary about action movies, which is absolutely linked to the invention of cinema and what cinema is and why we love it.

People say you never remember anybody who dies in movies, an

People say you never remember anybody who dies in movies, and it's true, you don't. You don't even remember people who disappear.

I'm a big sports fan. Football. Cricket.

I'm a big sports fan. Football. Cricket.

I love huge movies. Not sure I am the guy to make them, but

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

Some of us are interested in directors, but really the vast

Some of us are interested in directors, but really the vast majority of us are interested in actors. 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 wherever they settle into your imagination.

It's not so much what you learn about Mumbai, it's what you

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.

I find that people find a way out of misery through humor an

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.

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

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

You experience the films through the actors, so they're all

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 wherever they settle into your imagination.

You can have great sequences with music, but if you don't ha

You can have great sequences with music, but if you don't have the acting you're bored after 15 minutes. Or not bored, but you're like, 'So what?'

I love that sense of change that you'd get in pop music ever

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

I tend to score with songs from Western pop music.

I tend to score with songs from Western pop music.

My dad was a labourer and my mum had exactly the same job as

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.

Movies about space raise those questions of what we're doing

Movies about space raise those questions of what we're doing here, and that inevitably introduces a spiritual dimension.

I don't want people to sit there and objectively watch the f

I don't want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that's under their skin, so you try to make the films really tactile.

The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me be

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.

I always think, when there's stuff that people don't like, I

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 more, but you don't really.

Actors are steeped in a world of agents and where the next j

Actors are steeped in a world of agents and where the next job is coming from and what are their expenses and what is the hotel like. You want to take them out of that world and dump them into another world, so that when you meet them on the screen they don't seem like the guy who was in two others movies that year.