Quotes by Danny Boyle

The extraordinary thing about India is that it’s such a family place. It’s full of families everywhere.

I don’t want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that’s under their skin, so you try to make the films really tactile.

My dad was a labourer and my mum had exactly the same job as Noel Gallagher’s mum – she was a dinner lady at our local school. Everyone comes over from Ireland and they get the same jobs.

I’ve sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture.