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Top 25 Michael Bay Quotes (2025 Update)

Michael Bay Quote: “Why isn’t everything exploding?!”

1. “Why isn’t everything exploding?!”

— Michael Bay

Michael Bay Quote: “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.”

2. “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

Michael Bay Quote: “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.”

3. “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

Michael Bay Quote: “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.”

4. “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

Michael Bay Quote: “I make movies that audiences like, that I’d want to see. That’s all.”

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

— Michael Bay

Michael Bay Quote: “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.”

6. “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

Michael Bay Quote: “Fast cars are my only vice.”

7. “Fast cars are my only vice.”

— Michael Bay

Michael Bay Quote: “I make movies for teenage boys. Oh, dear, what a crime.”

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

— Michael Bay

Michael Bay Quote: “Everybody knows about Pearl Harbor. The thing that really fascinated me is that through this tragedy there was this amazing American heroism.”

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

— Michael Bay

Michael Bay Quote: “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.”

10. “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

Michael Bay Quote: “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.”

11. “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

Michael Bay Quote: “You get the most 3D effect when it starts about three to four seconds, that’s when it starts feeling 3D. And then what you do, quick shots are always flat.”

12. “You get the most 3D effect when it starts about three to four seconds, that’s when it starts feeling 3D. And then what you do, quick shots are always flat.”

— Michael Bay

Michael Bay Quote: “A lot of directors don’t want the pressure of a movie the size of Pearl Harbor. But I love it. I thrive on it.”

13. “A lot of directors don’t want the pressure of a movie the size of Pearl Harbor. But I love it. I thrive on it.”

— Michael Bay

Michael Bay Quote: “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.”

14. “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

Michael Bay Quote: “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.”

15. “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

Michael Bay Quote: “A car is a big thing for anyone going into adulthood, it’s a big seminal moment.”

16. “A car is a big thing for anyone going into adulthood, it’s a big seminal moment.”

— Michael Bay

Michael Bay Quote: “I allow a lot of room for improvisation and funny stuff. I always feel planned.”

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

— Michael Bay

Michael Bay Quote: “Some nights I sleep like a baby. Other nights it’s, Oh God, I just came up with a bomb shot.”

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

— Michael Bay

Michael Bay Quote: “Directing is not a job. It’s more like a career. Which is great!”

19. “Directing is not a job. It’s more like a career. Which is great!”

— Michael Bay

Michael Bay Quote: “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.”

20. “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

Michael Bay Quote: “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.”

21. “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

Michael Bay Quote: “It is really cool to have created a movie that has turned out to become the biggest movie of the year.”

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

— Michael Bay

Michael Bay Quote: “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.”

23. “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

Michael Bay Quote: “I’m one of the few directors that actually shoots a lot in camera.”

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

— Michael Bay

Michael Bay Quote: “Maybe I have just a younger voice than many other directors.”

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

— Michael Bay

Michael Bay Quote: “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.”

26. “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

Michael Bay Quote: “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?”

27. “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

Michael Bay Quote: “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.”

28. “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

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