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title: "4 Bangladesh Quotes By Michael Glawogger"
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> [In Bangladesh a prostitute normally wouldn't even undress for a man. He pays, she pulls up her sari, and he's done in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/in-bangladesh-a-prostitute-normally-wouldn-t-even-undress-for-a-man/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/michael-glawogger-25782_bangladesh_in-bangladesh-a-prostitute-normally-woul_353703.jpg)

> [On one hand, prostitutes don't struggle because it's simply their life. In Mexico and elsewhere, once they get out of these places…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/on-one-hand-prostitutes-don-t-struggle-because-it-s-simply-their-life/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75f/michael-glawogger-25782_bangladesh_on-one-hand-prostitutes-don-t-struggle-b_1806910.jpg)

> [If you're a prostitute, this is your day: You party, you have customers until four or six in the morning, then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/if-you-re-a-prostitute-this-is-your-day-you-party-you-have-customers/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85a/michael-glawogger-25782_bangladesh_if-you-re-a-prostitute-this-is-your-day_2782203.jpg)

> [A young man in Bangladesh can't even hold hands with a young woman. Without marriage there is no kissing, no holding hands,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/a-young-man-in-bangladesh-can-t-even-hold-hands-with-a-young-woman/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

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## Other authors on Bangladesh

## More by Michael Glawogger

> [Mostly I take photographs in times of research. Whores' Glory was shot in 30 days, 10 days for each segment, but the research for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/mostly-i-take-photographs-in-times-of-research-whores-glory-was-shot/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

> [In Bangladesh a prostitute normally wouldn't even undress for a man. He pays, she pulls up her sari, and he's done in 20 seconds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/in-bangladesh-a-prostitute-normally-wouldn-t-even-undress-for-a-man/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

> [As a filmmaker I cannot make anything beautiful. I'm Platonic in that sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/as-a-filmmaker-i-cannot-make-anything-beautiful-i-m-platonic-in-that/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

> [I think beauty is the splendor of truth, so if the people I portray think they're beautiful, they're beautiful. I don't make them that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/i-think-beauty-is-the-splendor-of-truth-so-if-the-people-i-portray/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

> [ I had to first convince them \[prostitutes\] that I wasn't a journalist who would yet again put out a notion about them they wouldn't… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/i-had-to-first-convince-them-prostitutes-that-i-wasn-t-a-journalist/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

> [Sometimes the presence of a camera is like opening a door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/sometimes-the-presence-of-a-camera-is-like-opening-a-door/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

> [I've made many documentaries, but prostitution was the hardest in terms of gaining the trust of the people being filmed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/i-ve-made-many-documentaries-but-prostitution-was-the-hardest-in/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

> [If you connect with someone just once, that's something. But if you can connect twice, that's something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/if-you-connect-with-someone-just-once-that-s-something-but-if-you-can/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

> [Whenever a man enters the realm of prostitutes he's always regarded as a possible customer. If you enter as a woman, you're regarded as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/whenever-a-man-enters-the-realm-of-prostitutes-he-s-always-regarded/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

> [In the Bengali language, there's not a real word for blow job. They call it "doing the ice cream."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/in-the-bengali-language-there-s-not-a-real-word-for-blow-job-they/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

> [ On one hand, prostitutes don't struggle because it's simply their life. In Mexico and elsewhere, once they get out of these places \[brothels\] they… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/on-one-hand-prostitutes-don-t-struggle-because-it-s-simply-their-life/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

> [ On one hand, they \[prostitutes\] don't struggle because it's simply their life. In Mexico and elsewhere, once they get out of these places \[brothels\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/on-one-hand-they-prostitutes-don-t-struggle-because-it-s-simply-their/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

> [I don't aestheticize anything. I don't even use lights. The working girls do one thing all day: They make themselves pretty. That's their job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/i-don-t-aestheticize-anything-i-don-t-even-use-lights-the-working/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

> [La Zona is such a closed area, a dangerous, outlaw area. My time in the Zona was a time outside of society, almost out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/la-zona-is-such-a-closed-area-a-dangerous-outlaw-area-my-time-in-the/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

> [Prostitution will always exist in every society, so I believe in a fair trade. Open the doors for women to earn their money without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-glawogger/prostitution-will-always-exist-in-every-society-so-i-believe-in-a/)

[Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-glawogger/)

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