My dad was a labourer and my mum had exactly the same job as Noel Gallaghers mum – she was a dinner lady at our local school. Everyone comes over from Ireland and they get the same jobs. – Danny Boyle
Movies about space raise those questions of what were doing here, and that inevitably introduces a spiritual dimension. – Danny Boyle
I dont want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something thats under their skin, so you try to make the films really tactile. – 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