The psychological root behind this competitive streak is that I was an athlete when I was young and took sports really seriously. 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 Benjamin Bay" is an American film director and producer. He is known for directing big-budget action films characterized by fast edits, stylistic visuals and extreme use of special effects. His films, which include the science fiction disaster thriller Armageddon (1998 film)/Armageddon (1998), the epic war film Pearl Harbor (film)/Pearl Harbor (2001) and the science fiction action films in the Transformers (film series)/Transformers film series (2007–present), have grossed over worldwide. He is co-founder of commercial production house The Institute, a.k.a. The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness. He is co-chair and part-owner of the Visual effect/digital effects house Digital Domain. He co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production house which has remade horror film/horror movies including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)/The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amityville Horror (2005 film)/The Amityville Horror (2005), The Hitcher (2007 film)/The Hitcher (2007), Friday the 13th (2009 film)/Friday the 13th (2009) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)/A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous directors! More Michael Bay on Wikipedia.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.'
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?
[On this day, he took meetings with lawyers.] I met with Michael Bay today to try to get him back, to get a movie going with him. ... The Island.
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.
Everybody knows about Pearl Harbor. The thing that really fascinated me is that through this tragedy there was this amazing American heroism.
Sometimes, we just laugh about it knowing that this is a scene they will talk about in 'Premiere' magazine because of its flaws in continuity. I think you have to make movies for the general public and not the details. When you get hung up on continuity, you can't keep the pace and price down. Most people simply consume a movie and they are not even aware of these errors.
In the Pearl harbor crisis, there was a wholly American, selfless response, down to how the nurses dealt with the attack, using their stockings to dress wounds, their lipstick to mark who would live or die. Imagine that. That is what hooked me.
When you're walking on the set, sometimes you are alone in the main cell block, and you're seeing Al Capone lived here, ... It's just bizarre.
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