We tried to be very accurate and obviously keep it in a two-hour movie window. Michael Bay More Quotes by Michael Bay More Quotes From Michael Bay I make movies for teenage boys. Oh, dear, what a crime. Michael Bay crime teenage boys Everybody knows about Pearl Harbor. The thing that really fascinated me is that through this tragedy there was this amazing American heroism. Michael Bay heroism pearls tragedy Some nights I sleep like a baby. Other nights it's, Oh God, I just came up with a bomb shot. Michael Bay sleep baby night 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 challenges directors thinking 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 care winning people I'm one of the few directors that actually shoots a lot in camera. Michael Bay cameras directors 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 careers luck thinking 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 dog want kids 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 hollywood three different 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 tire three done 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 audience want 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 nice simple brain 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 events race looks
