Ken Loach Quotes

Often people write stories about people who are suffering, and they're miserable all the time. That's not the case. You go to the food bank or wherever and there's laughter, there's comedy, there's stupidity, there's silliness and warmth. And that's the reality of people's lives. If you cut out that sense of humor and warmth, you miss the point.

Ken Loach

We made 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' about the war of independence and the civil war, which were the pivotal moments of Irish history, really. 'Jimmy's Hall' would seem to be a smaller story 10 years later.

Ken Loach

I challenge the idea that films about rich people are escapism and films about working class people are dour and sad. I find the opposite's the case.

Ken Loach

The Holocaust is as real a historical event as World War II itself and not to be challenged.

Ken Loach