Quotes by Danny Boyle

About Danny Boyle:

Daniel "Danny" Boyle is an English film director, producer, screenwriter and theatre director, known for his work on films such as Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, The Beach, 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire, Sunshine, and 127 Hours. Boyle's 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won 8, including the Academy Award for Best Director. Boyle was presented with the Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award at the 2008 Austin Film Festival, where he also introduced that year's AFF Audience Award Winner Slumdog Millionaire.
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I've never done a film before where every single person in the audience knows the ending. I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days. People are blogging your endings from their cinema seats.

Danny Boyle

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

Danny Boyle

Although computer chips now are thinner, they're more powerful, they're not as reliable. You'd harvest computer chips from the 1980s from all around the world because they're reliable.

Danny Boyle

Brian Cox is the nicest guy, but he's so arrogant.

Danny Boyle

I am a sci-fi fan.

Danny Boyle

I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days.

Danny Boyle

Come a crisis, we want other people.

Danny Boyle

You don't realize it, but often people are frightened of the director.

Danny Boyle

I've always wanted to do a space movie.

Danny Boyle

I was brought up a very strict Catholic and I don't practice anymore or anything.

Danny Boyle

I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.

Danny Boyle

I trained in the theatre.

Danny Boyle

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

Danny Boyle

I made this film 'The Beach,' which didn't take place in a city, and it didn't really suit me.

Danny Boyle

I'm not a 'Star Wars' geek.

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 with a big audience.' Because people shout out. You never get that in Britain. Everybody's so quiet, scared to laugh. It's ...

Danny Boyle

You know what actors are like; they moisturize every night. They're frozen in time.

Danny Boyle

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 ...

Danny Boyle

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

Danny Boyle

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.

Danny Boyle

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.

Danny Boyle

Author Bio

  • NameDanny Boyle
  • DescriptionEnglish film director, producer and screenwriter
  • BornOctober 20, 1956
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Screenwriter; Film Producer
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Director; Directors Guild Of America Award