Michael Bay Quotes

• 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

• 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

• 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

• There are things that I invented – the creaky geriatric robot that is always grumpy, for example, or the little wheelie guy, he’s not in the Hasbro lore. But kids love that stuff – this little guy as a pet on a chain. They gravitate towards it.

  Michael Bay

• There are many movies that have done it very badly. The studios have gone for quick profits and audiences are feeling angry. People aren’t taking the time and spending the money to do it right. I am.

  Michael Bay

• 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

• 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

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

  Michael Bay

• 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

• 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

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

  Michael Bay

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

  Michael Bay

• 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

• 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

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

  Michael Bay

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

  Michael Bay

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Michael Bay (28)

Birth:	17th February, 1965
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Cinematographer, Director, Producer

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