You experience the films through the actors, so theyre all locked into your imagination in some kind of layer of fantasy or hatred or wherever they settle into your imagination. – Danny Boyle
You can have great sequences with music, but if you dont have the acting youre bored after 15 minutes. Or not bored, but youre like, So what? – 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 and you can push a bit. – Danny Boyle
Its not so much what you learn about Mumbai, its what you learn about yourself, really. Its a funny old hippie thing, but its true as well. You find out a lot about yourself and your tolerance, and about your inclusiveness. – Danny Boyle