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.

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.

Sometimes the presence of a camera is like opening a door.

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 way.

If you connect with someone just once, that's something. But if you can connect twice, that's something else.

I've made many documentaries, but prostitution was the hardest in terms of gaining the trust of the people being filmed.

As a filmmaker I cannot make anything beautiful. I'm Platonic in that sense.

The most important thing is to find people that you enjoy - friends that you enjoy playing music with.

Sometimes the presence of a camera is like opening a door, because many people want what Andy Warhol called "15 minutes of fame." But prostitutes don't want that.

My head's under water but am breathing fine

Girls don't go to law school, " I told him."No, but women do.

most of us carry into marriage not only our childlike illusions, but we bring to it as well the demand that it has to be wonderful, because it's supposed to be.

Write the music your inside-you needs your outside-you to hear.

The only way to oppose a bad idea is to replace it with a good idea.

The nature of the love between a parent and child really is literally stronger than death. As long as either person in that relationship is alive, that relationship is still alive.

It's a balance between getting the right string gauge that's thick enough where it sound good, and not rubber bands - but not too thick where your hands start to get real tired.

Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is.

I have worked with some incredible talent, and loved every minute of it.

In order to be able to work with somebody in acting, you've first got to think that person's a good actor before you can enjoy working with them. I guess that goes with the trust.