"Shaping it is something I would expect to do together with a writer, because that's a director's job."

--

Source : "Ken Loach and Paul Laverty". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. September 17, 2007.

Ken Loach

#Jobs Quotes #Together Quotes #Directors Quotes

“What are these unheard of sins you condemn so much - and like so well?”
“It is true that neither the ancient wisdoms nor the modern sciences are complete in themselves. They do not stand alone. They call for one another. Wisdom without science is unable to penetrate the full sapiential meaning of the created and the material cosmos. Science without wisdom leaves man enslaved to a world of unrelated objects in which there is no way of discovering (or creating) order and deep significance in man's own pointless existence. (p. 4)”
“My righteousness is just as good as Jesus' righteousness, because it IS Jesus' righteousness!”
“There is something silly about grown men and women striving to reduce their vision of themselves and of civilization to bean counting.”
“So I like switching it up. I like that people are laughing but they don't even know if they should be laughing. I think that's interesting. I think it makes for a fun movie. And you're far more likely to be able to actually get something into someone's head if they don't quite see it coming, as opposed to delivering a very serious examination.”
“I stand with the Santa Barbara News-Press. How about you?”
“Quantum mechanics makes absolutely no sense.”
“Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.”

You may also like:

Cillian Murphy
Actor
David Lynch
Film director
Eric Cantona
Actor
Jean-Luc Godard
Film director
Mike Leigh
Writer
Stephen Frears
Film director
Cristian Mungiu
Filmmaker
Martin Compston
Actor
Xavier Dolan
Actor