Danny Boyle Quotes

For me personally it is because I get an awful amount of success and I don't think I deserve it and then I want to sabotage it.

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.

We don't take credit for our accomplishments. I can't tell you how many times you'll say to a woman, 'Oh God, what you did was so great', and they say, 'Really? I didn't think it was that good.'

I never think about any of my accomplishments and I always get butterflies in my stomach and I never get too comfortable with the status.

I can be a real pessimist. You know that when you win an Oscar, and you walk offstage, and your first thought is: 'Oh God, I've peaked.'

I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.

I don't want to believe my own hype.

I never thought I was particularly talented, and to be honest with you, I still don't.

I thought I was so much smarter than everybody. And I'm not.

I am incredibly self-deprecating. It stems from self-doubt.

You're taught from a very young age that you shouldn't get too big for your britches, so I tend to err way too much on the side of 'Nothing means anything.'

People think I should be a success, but I'm afraid of it.

I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty.

Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth.' Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, 'Yes, I deserve it.'

Without insecurities, I think one becomes a little bit of an idiot.

Maybe I was intimidated by my father's talent and success.

Overconfidence has never been my problem.

I never feel like I've done anything. Swear to God. I'm not kidding. So it's always a surprise when somebody asks me to do anything.

All these labels and praises scare me. I am very simple, and I feel like a newcomer because I never stopped learning.

When people say I'm a star, I don't believe it.

I'm sure there are some things I'm not good at.

Even people who despise ego and aspire to humility, who plan to be humble once they are successful, are worried that actually enacting those beliefs would sentence them to a life of obscurity or weakness or failure.

The more professionally successful you are, the more emotionally insecure you will be.

I'd rather speak less because I don't consider myself a very intelligent person.

I don't think I'm as good as people say.