Danny Boyle Quotes

I just look for characters I can relate to.

People relate to my characters and see me in a different way. They identify with me and remember the nuances of my characters.

Very often the characters people respond to best have little parts of reality they can relate to.

People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to.

We all do that thing which is the best in movies - we relate.

I love relatable stories.

You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you've got to make them think that you're one of them sitting out there with them too. They've got to be able to relate to what you're doing.

But in film you always watch situations or stories that you really have no relation to. A lot of times just because there's no personal connection doesn't mean you can't connect with the film or the characters in the film.

Part of the allure of watching characters on-screen is to be able to put yourself in his or her shoes or to be able to relate to what he or she is going through or what he or she is thinking.

It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like.

Audiences want to feel represented, want to be able to empathize with the characters and the stories they are seeing on the screen.

I want to see movies where I can relate to the guy.

A lot of people are not interested in stories in which they don't see themselves.

That's the power of fiction, that it can take the collective and make it personal.

Somewhere, the audience relates to my characters and their vulnerability. I believe they see themselves in me.

'Blue is the Warmest Colour' - I'm not a lesbian, I'm not French, I'm not a woman, but I saw so much of myself in those women and in those characters. I saw different parts of myself than I ever would've seen if I hadn't seen that film.

When you are given a character, there are times when you can relate to two out of 10 things of the character, and then there are times when you can relate to eight out of 10 things.

People often reach out and comment on how they relate to my lyrics, which makes me feel very warm inside.

I think when people hear your music, sometimes they get deeply attached to it and think they know something about you, that you're kindred spirits or something.

My concern has always been to write songs that my audience, my fans are able to identify with.

I'm always careful about the thing I'm writing to make sure a viewer can imagine it happening to themselves.

Everybody has felt at one time or another that everyone else in the world had a better shot than they did, so when you engage that, you engage the reader, and I think you create a character that brings the reader more fully into the story.

For me a film is at its best when you can start filling in the story with your own life experience.

I read to see myself in other people's lives.

A lot of people have told me, you know, that what I've written about, they identify with strongly.