Michael Bay Quotes

A lot of directors don't want the pressure of a movie the size of Pearl Harbor. But I love it. I thrive on it.
Michael Bay

Love, Movie, Pressure

It's great that I get accused of not being politically correct. People need to take themselves less seriously. This world is so screwed up as it is, we've all got to relax a bit more.
Michael Bay

Great, Themselves, Less

I can be very reserved about things. My business side isn't shy. I can be like a general. But I've got a shy side. I'm also a lot deeper than people think, and a lot more sensitive. But I don't let people in too much.'
Michael Bay

Business, Sensitive, General

What I look for in a script is something that challenges me, something that breaks new ground, something that allows me to flex my director muscle. You have got to think fast in this business, you've got to keep reinventing yourself to stay on top.
Michael Bay

Business, Yourself, Keep

Directing is not a job. It's more like a career. Which is great!
Michael Bay

Great, Job, Career

Everybody knows about Pearl Harbor. The thing that really fascinated me is that through this tragedy there was this amazing American heroism.
Michael Bay

Amazing, Through, American

Fast cars are my only vice.
Michael Bay

Car, Fast, Cars

I allow a lot of room for improvisation and funny stuff. I always feel planned.
Michael Bay

Funny, Stuff, Room

I go out there to win. People don't care if you die in this business. The only way I get back is with success.
Michael Bay

Success, Business, Care

I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel.
Michael Bay

Great, Hard, Why

I make movies for teenage boys. Oh dear, what a crime.
Michael Bay

Movies, Crime, Oh

I make movies that audiences like, that I'd want to see. That's all.
Michael Bay

Movies, Audiences

I'm at that point in my life where I definitely want to get married soon. I've got my dogs as surrogates, but I'm ready for kids.
Michael Bay

Life, Kids, Married

I'm done with effects movies for now. When you do a movie like 'Transformers,' it can feel like you're doing three movies at once - which is tiring.
Michael Bay

Movies, Done, Once

I'm one of the few directors that actually shoots a lot in camera.
Michael Bay

Few, Actually, Camera

It is really cool to have created a movie that has turned out to become the biggest movie of the year.
Michael Bay

Cool, Become, Year

Maybe I have just a younger voice than many other directors.
Michael Bay

Voice, Maybe, Younger

You'll hear people say now, 'Oh, I don't want to see something in 3-D. That's wrong, because what they've seen is 3-D done poorly.
Michael Bay

Done, Wrong, Seen

And a lot of the artists and people that we hired were fans of Transformers growing up, so having so many fans working on my crew really kept me on point.
Michael Bay

Working, Point, Growing

Do you know what directors go through? It's just hell. Like, why do I work so hard - to think I'm only going to see this movie five times and then never see it again 'cause I'm so sick of it? What is it worth, honestly?
Michael Bay

Work, Hard, Through

For me, the great joy is to watch an audience watching what I've made. To hear not a peep from the audience at the right moment, and then to hear the laughs and the cheers.
Michael Bay

Great, Joy, Moment

I love doing big movies. It's awesome! You have all these toys. The thing I like about this movie is, like they always say, directors have the biggest train sets! Don't tell anyone, but I'd do this for free.
Michael Bay

Love, Movies, Free

It's... a hard thing for a director, to think you came up with a shot, something from your mind, and someone died while doing it. It's the worst thing you'll ever have to live with. It was very hard for me to get back on the horse again.
Michael Bay

Live, Mind, Someone

Nobody in the world knew about Megan Fox until I found her and put her in 'Transformers.' I like to think that I've had some luck in building actors' careers with my films.
Michael Bay

Put, Her, Until

The press don't like to say nice things because nice is boring. It's much better to label me the devil. What we do is not brain surgery. We are entertainers, plain and simple, and we're responsible to bring that money back, to make a profit.
Michael Bay

Money, Nice, Simple

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Nationality: American

Born: February 17, 1965

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