“I always say to anybody who's going over to America for the first time...” — Danny Boyle Quote

“I always say to anybody who's going over to America for the first time, 'Whatever you do, go and see a popular mainstream film with a big audience.' Because people shout out. You never get that in Britain. Everybody's so quiet, scared to laugh. It's like being in church.”

“I haven't got anything against films that are about the minutia of relationships or customs, but I love extremes.”

“Actors want to impress at the beginning, so you take advantage of that by suddenly saying, 'Right, you're here for two weeks.' What you're doing is creating a siege mentality.”

“It was the Sephardi Jews who brought fish and chips to Britain, actually, believe it or not, from the Mediterranean world. Apart from actually eating and selling fish and chips, they were kind of debt enforcers.”

“In Britain, we are not a secular state as France is, or some other countries.”

“We should be the natural home for younger voters. But today we're not. Because too often we sound like people who just don't like contemporary Britain.”