Ken Loach

I'm not a great fan of very short films.

— Ken Loach

I try to avoid mirrors.

— Ken Loach

A TV series is a long commitment.

— Ken Loach

Eric Cantona is a giggler.

— Ken Loach

Oh, I don't like labels.

— Ken Loach

When you get older you do one film at a time.

— Ken Loach

I'm not a great cinema-goer.

— Ken Loach

I think cinema is taken a bit more seriously in France.

— Ken Loach

The duty of a film director is to focus more on the soul of the spectator.

— Ken Loach

Those in power always try to distort reality, to suit their needs and keep things safe.

— Ken Loach

I've been going to Labour party meeting for over 50 years.

— Ken Loach

When you're at the wrong end of your 70s, everything is a challenge.

— Ken Loach

In general I think that in art you only have the responsibility to tell the truth.

— Ken Loach

Cannes is the largest festival of world cinema.

— Ken Loach

Don't take advice. You have to make up your own mind what to do from the beginning.

— Ken Loach

I don't think films about working class people are sad at all; I think they're funny and lively and invigorating and warm…

— Ken Loach

The E.U. is an economically right-wing organization that prioritizes the interests of big corporations.

— Ken Loach

The older you get the more new memories get wiped out, and you end up remembering more about your early life than…

— Ken Loach

It seems to me the big weakness in most films is the writing. You can learn directing, but you can't learn writing.

— Ken Loach

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

— Ken Loach

My mum was a peacemaker, and in personal things I tend to do that, because I can't deal with personal conflict. I…

— Ken Loach

People talk about Thatcherism all the time. I felt it was important to record the memories of those almost written out of…

— Ken Loach

The problem is, if you make a film that has certain implications in the story, and then you don't follow through, it's…

— Ken Loach

Well, I think by and large, certainly in terms of cinema, American culture dominates our cinema, mainly in the films that are…

— Ken Loach

The old Craven Cottage stadium at Fulham, before they built the river stand; that was a great place to watch football. When…

— Ken Loach

How families interact is not some abstract concept of mother, son, father, daughter; it has to do with economic circumstances, the work…

— Ken Loach

Often people write stories about people who are suffering, and they're miserable all the time. That's not the case. You go to…

— Ken Loach

In the 1980s, I had a lot of films, documentaries for television, which were about why the trade unions had failed to…

— Ken Loach

The far right was on the march in the 1930s, and we defeated the fascists through a great united working-class effort. That…

— Ken Loach

Most cities are eclectic. There's a bit of medieval, Georgian, some Victorian and some 20th century. That's fine. Bath is different because…

— Ken Loach

It's what people have always done. They have always told stories, put on plays. It's characters and narrative and thought and context…

— Ken Loach

In the end the privatisation of war is not acceptable. We shouldn't be issuing these sub-contracts to these contracting companies because the…

— Ken Loach

Every time a colony wants independence, the questions on the agenda are: a) how do you get the imperialists out, and b)…

— Ken Loach

The Iraq war is a huge subject and there have been many films about it. But it was when the private contractors…

— Ken Loach

As a medium, film has great potential, but its use is dominated by big capital.

— Ken Loach

Ordinary people can be very articulate and very eloquent.

— Ken Loach

The most depressing thing is the political slogan: there is no alternative. But there is.

— Ken Loach

You always feel a degree of insecurity about getting through a film.

— Ken Loach

Because I've been around a long time I get a bit of leeway that other people don't.

— Ken Loach

Anti-Semitism is a form of racism, and all forms of racism are horrible.

— Ken Loach