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Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#essential #every #make #move #operations

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#acute #bit #come #depression #every

The great thing with film is that it doesn't have an ego. It's just a film. Everybody that makes them has an ego, and the problem with awards and stuff like that is that it always affects the egos, and everyone gets stained by it in some way. And that can be fine and very innocent, but it can be horrible as well. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#always #awards #ego #egos #everybody

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. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#beginning #creating #doing #here #impress

The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#everybody #fish #granted #important #important thing

Both of my sisters have been teachers and they used to say you get asked between 300 and 600 questions every day which you have to answer. That's exactly what directing is. And the vast majority of those questions are not very interesting really, but they need somebody to make a decision - a good one or a bad one - and they follow it. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#asked #bad #bad one #been #between

Come a crisis, we want other people. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#crisis #other #people #want

I have this theory that your first film is always your best film in some way. I always try to get back to that moment when you're not relying on things you've done before. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#back #before #best #done #film

I kind of call myself an atheist, I suppose - although quite a spiritual atheist, I hope. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#atheist #call #hope #i #kind

I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#films #i #kind #like #them