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Danny Boyle Quotes

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

• Even though one of them is about an Edinburgh junkie and one's a little boy of eight in Manchester, you want them to always portray their world in such a vivid way that the audience can disappear inside the story.

• I don't know if he was trying to save me or the priesthood.

• I don't see much difference between it and the other films though I can see on a rational and intelligent level there is a big difference.

• I learned that what I'm better at is making stuff lower down the radar. Actually, ideally not on the radar at all.

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

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

• It won't be the people who were in the first one, They're too busy. Naomie Harris is doing [the sequels to] Pirates of the Caribbean , and Cillian Murphy is in Batman [ Begins ]. They're doing really well. So good luck to them, really.

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

• It's easy to like the most popular films, but I have a great fondness for 'A Life Less Ordinary'.

• Once you've had anything like a hit in the movie business it's so easy to get lost. All these people are scuttling around trying to get you to make things, suggesting things and offering deals. The pressure of what to do next is horrible.

• sort of to reintroduce life into the country, ... So that's the premise of it. It's got a good idea in it. I like that.

• The Beach.

• There's a certain truth that you do end up making the same film again and again so if you vary the genre you have a chance of breaking that cycle.

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

 

Danny Boyle Filmography

Director

2008 - Slumdog Millionaire
2007 - Sunshine
2004 - Millions
2002 - 28 Days Later...
2002 - Alien Love Triangle
2001 - Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
2001 - Strumpet
2000 - The Beach
1997 - A Life Less Ordinary
1996 - Trainspotting
1995 - Shallow Grave
1993 - Screenplay
1993 - Mr. Wroe's Virgins
1990-1992 - Inspector Morse
1991 - For the Greater Good
1989 - The Nightwatch
1989 - The Hen House
1989 - Monkeys
1987 - The Venus de Milo Instead
1987 - Scout

Producer

2007 - 28 Weeks Later
1997 - Twin Town
1989 - The Nightwatch
1989 - Elephant
1987 - The Rockingham Shoot

Writer

2007 - 28 Days Later: The Aftermath
Thanks
2008 - Zombies of the Night
1998 - StarCraft

Appearances

2008 - Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero
2008 - Sunday Morning Shootout
2007 - Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later'
2007 - 28 Weeks Later: Getting Into the Action
2007 - British Film Forever
2007 - HypaSpace
2007 - The Culture Show
2007 - 28 Weeks Later: The Rage Is Back
1997-2005 - Lo + plus
2003 - Shock & Awe: The Return of 'Alien'
2003 - The South Bank Show
2002 - Pure Rage: The Making of '28 Days Later'
2002 - Liquid News
2000 - Sen kväll med Luuk
2000 - Nyhetsmorgon
1996 - Film '72

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