Those are the films I want to make. I don't want to make a film about, "Oh, those poor prostitutes!" Or "Oh, isn't it terrible in Chicago!" I want to…

- Kim Longinotto

I try to make films where the audience forgets the filmmaking and gets engrossed in the story as it unfolds. I don't want them to ever feel bored, or…

- Kim Longinotto

I know that sounds contradictory - you're going on a journey, but once you know who your characters are, you become more disciplined and you film les…

- Kim Longinotto

It's always scary making a film as I never set anything up or ask anyone to do anything, so I worry that we'll find a story. I have to trust that a f…

- Kim Longinotto

I want every scene to feel electric and I try to finish the filming period with a clear trajectory: a beginning, a middle, and hopefully an end.I hat…

- Kim Longinotto

I don't want the people I'm with on this journey to feel like I'm filming them all the time. I don't want them to constantly feel as though they're b…

- Kim Longinotto

It makes it very easy. I have a beginning, middle, and end, and I don't film for long - about 20 hours usually for a two-hour film - so it's easily w…

- Kim Longinotto

Personally, I don't like watching films about victims - people where you're meant to think, 'Oh, this is terrible,' and you go home feeling really de…

- Kim Longinotto

I meet all these American filmmakers that film for months and months, and it's a mystery to me. I couldn't make a film like that. I have to be very c…

- Kim Longinotto