I let film directors make their movies at Platinum Dunes [Bay's production company] and give them tremendous responsibilities, well, unfortunately a very bad choice was made to use a real crash instead of creating a VFX shot, without realizing the impact it could have on the families.

Michael Bay

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

Michael Bay

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

Michael Bay

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Some nights I sleep like a baby. Other nights it's, Oh God, I just came up with a bomb shot.

Michael Bay

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Why isn't everything exploding?!

Michael Bay

exploding

I don't change my style for anybody. Pussies do that.

Michael Bay

dont-change pussy style

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, youve got to keep reinventing yourself to stay on top.

Michael Bay

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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

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

Michael Bay

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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

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Im at that point in my life where I definitely want to get married soon. Ive got my dogs as surrogates, but Im ready for kids.

Michael Bay

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We don't make movies for critics. I've done four movies; there's millions upon millions upon millions of people who've paid to see them. Somebody likes them. My greatest joy is to sit anonymously in a dark theater and watch it with an audience, a paying audience.

Michael Bay

dark joy people

Hollywood has to start finding more original stuff They've got to start by not depending on, 'What can we churn back out? How can we regurgitate this?' That's why I want to redo the feel of Transformers. That's why I wanted to start with a new cast. You want it to feel fresh, and you want to make it feel different than the other three.

Michael Bay

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

Michael Bay

voice directors

Fast cars are my only vice.

Michael Bay

fast-car car vices

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

Michael Bay

careers jobs

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

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I filmed my first little Super 8 movie by stealing my mum's Super 8 camera where I set some fires to some of the models, which actually caught the drapes of my bedroom on fire! The fire department came. I was grounded for three weeks and it was my very first movie.

Michael Bay

fire littles firsts

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

Michael Bay

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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

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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

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