Michael Bay Quotes

The challenge for me is still to do something that hasn't been beaten into the movie going consciousness. Otherwise what am I in it for?

Good writing is always new.

I love to work with artists that were able to find a brand new name and create something really exciting and fresh.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

No idea should be discarded completely, but - as one might imagine - it does take a degree of ingenuity to find a new spin on something as hackneyed as the 'Adam and Eve' story. But if you think you've got the chops for it, there's no reason not to try.

If you do something that's different and quirky and original, it takes time for people to figure it out.

You have to be as original as possible. It's a tough thing to come up with something totally original.

If there's an original thought out there, I could use one right now.

Doing something different, doing something original is always fun because there is a lot of creativity that comes with it.

Let's use that to make as interesting and different and unique a story as possible and not just stay with the same thing.' And this movie is certainly the embodiment of that.

I have this theory that your first film is always your best film in some way. I always try to get back to that moment when you're not relying on things you've done before.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

Filmmakers have to really find a unique take on something if they're going to explore an already-explored genre of movies.

When I look back at this career I've had, I don't know where it goes from here, but certainly any time I can make a movie that's different, that explores something that's not a retread of something else, I'm interested in it.

You hear again and again that audiences want to see movies that are different, and critics say we make the same thing again and again in Hollywood, then you go and make something different, and you get kicked in the gut for it.

I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I'd been given, not made up out of whole cloth.

Since the first 'Singham,' many films have that kind of action. So we have to work harder to create something new.

I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing. I like bringing new energy, re-inventing the wheel, so to speak, every time I come out.

I think it's my nature to try and make original content, and that's what I've done, is just try and approach things in an original way, and do things differently.

One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.

There are no original ideas. There are only original people.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.