That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness, manners, civility. Anything. It's such a powerful force.
Danny BoyleI have a philosophy, a belief, which I can see in many, many other directors that your early work is your best work, because you don't know what you're doing.
Danny BoyleClearly, you can think back and see that a character has had enormous odds stacked against him and has to overcome them. It's usually a guy, I'm afraid. But then you're setting up a new movie you have amnesia about these meetings, when you've discussed it more analytically.
Danny BoyleIf you love a book you tend not to follow its surface value, you follow the other things in it.
Danny Boyle