Quotes from 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.

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.

A car is a big thing for anyone going into adulthood, it's a big seminal moment.

Fast cars are my only vice.

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

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

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

Fast cars are my only vice.

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

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

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.