Michael Bay Quotes

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

  Michael Bay

  Teenage, Boys, Crime

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Why isn't everything exploding?!

  Michael Bay

  Exploding

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

  Michael Bay

  Style, Pussy, Don't Change

  "An Oral History of Michael Bay, the Most Explosive Director of All Time". Interview, www.gq.com. June 27, 2011.

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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

  Baby, Sleep, Night

  "An Oral History of Michael Bay, the Most Explosive Director of All Time". Interview with Sean Fennessey, www.gq.com. June 27, 2011.

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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

  Tragedy, Heroism, Pearls

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• 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

  Thinking, Challenges, Directors

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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

  Winning, People, Care

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• Fast cars are my only vice.

  Michael Bay

  Car, Vices, Fast Car

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

  Michael Bay

  Want, Audience

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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, People, Joy

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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

  Thinking, Careers, Luck

  The Daily News Interview, www.nydailynews.com. July 3, 2009.

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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

  Race, Events, Looks

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

  Michael Bay

  Cameras, Directors

  Interview with Josh Horowitz, www.mtv.com. February 14, 2007.

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• 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

  Directors, Toys, Bigs

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• 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

  Cheer, Laughing, Joy

  "BayWatch". Interview with Michael Fleming, www.michaelbay.com.

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• I was talking to one of the writers about our target audience, and he was insulted that I used that term. But if you're given $60 million to make a film, you'd better know who your target audience is. That's who's going to pay back the bills you run up.

  Michael Bay

  Running, Talking, Target Audience

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

  Michael Bay

  Voice, Directors

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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

  Dog, Kids, Want

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• 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, Different, Three

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• 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

  Three, Done, Tire

  "Master of Machines". Interview with Lauren A. E. Schuker, www.wsj.com. June 25, 2009.

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• 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

  Hard Times, Thinking, Sick

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

  Michael Bay

  Jobs, Careers

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you're fast when you're shooting, there are great things that you discover. By being fast you also sometimes get more time to experiment.

  Michael Bay

  Shooting, Sometimes, More Time

  Source: www.caranddriver.com

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• 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

  Thinking, People, Shy

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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

  Nice, Simple, Brain

  "How Much Bigger Can The Bang Get?". Interview with Amy Wallace, articles.latimes.com. August 9, 1998.

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