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 and their money. In a way, I had the best makeup artists, hairdressers, and art designers… — Michael Glawogger Copy Share Image
La Zona is such a closed area, a dangerous, outlaw area. My time in the Zona was a time outside of society, almost out of the real world. And the girls there had such a sense of irony and sarcasm.… — Michael Glawogger Copy Share Image
Mostly I take photographs in times of research. Whores' Glory was shot in 30 days, 10 days for each segment, but the research for… — Michael Glawogger Copy Share Image
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. — Michael Glawogger Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker I cannot make anything beautiful. I'm Platonic in that sense. — Michael Glawogger Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Glawogger Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Glawogger Copy Share Image
I've made many documentaries, but prostitution was the hardest in terms of gaining the trust of the people being filmed. — Michael Glawogger Copy Share Image
If you connect with someone just once, that's something. But if you can connect twice, that's something else. — Michael Glawogger Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Glawogger Copy Share Image
In the Bengali language, there's not a real word for blow job. They call it "doing the ice cream." — Michael Glawogger Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Glawogger Copy Share Image
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]… — Michael Glawogger Copy Share Image
![“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 necessarily care for or who would victimize them. You know, journalists come and go. If they come twice, it's a lot. But I come 10 times and hang out with them and…” quote by Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/276/michael-glawogger-25782_care_i-had-to-first-convince-them-prostitutes_785923.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 [brothels] they have a pretty square life. In Bangladesh it's different because they live in the brothel, it's sort of a prison, but still there are two sides. When…” quote by Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/75f/michael-glawogger-25782_bangladesh_on-one-hand-prostitutes-don-t-struggle-b_1806910.jpg)
![“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] they have a pretty square life.” quote by Michael Glawogger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/598/michael-glawogger-25782_brothels_on-one-hand-they-prostitutes-don-t-strug_2057118.jpg)