Michael Bay Quotes

Directing feels great; I'm really happy to be doing this.

Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting.

I find directing more satisfying.

Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.

Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint.

There's no way I see myself as a director. Direction is far too creative.

I love being creative. I love acting, but I also love directing because you get to have a vision for the whole and bring that vision to fruition.

I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing.

I wouldn't say I'm personally trying to transition from comedy into drama. I don't look at things like, 'Oh, I need to do a drama now.' I get a lot of material sent to me, and if I feel like something has the creative integrity and the right director and the right whoever involved, the right actors and is a great story, then I do it.

I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people.

When you're a director, you really live whatever you do.

Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.

When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.

Shadowing is really a great way to learn how the entire TV-making mechanism works. I had the distinct pleasure of shadowing the gifted and talented Allison Anders, who taught me a great deal about the importance of collaboration and trusting the talent around you.

I've liked all the directors I've worked with a lot. And the ones I like best are the ones that have really good taste about what take was best.

Directing was liberating and intimidating. It's something I've always wanted to do.

Directing is such a high. It's the hardest job ever, but I really love doing it.

When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.

I don't care about the size of the roles, or how they're marketed or billed or anything like that. I would love to be a part of stories that tell us about where we've come from, where we are, where we're going - with great directors.

I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

You need the words, you need the script, you need the material, you need the commitment, you need the passion, it's like we depend on writers, we depend on producers, directors depend on us and once things are in the divine order as they happen.

Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him.

When you are acting, you are just one piece of the puzzle. You don't see how everything fits together. It feels like you have less authorship over the entire product. In directing, you take the entire picture into account, so you're challenged in a different way.

When I was in college, I had only one ambition that one day I would like to be a director.