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….

Directing is not a job. It's more like a career. Which is great!.

I don't change my style for anybody. Pussies do that..

Fast cars are my only vice..

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

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

When you're fast when you're shooting, there are great things that you discover. By being fast you also sometimes get more time to experiment..

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 lik….

Why isn't everything exploding?!.

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..

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..

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

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

I can be very reserved about things. My business side isn't shy. I can be like a general. But I've got a shy side. I'm also a lot deeper than people ….

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 f….

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. Y….

Nobody in the world knew about Megan Fox until I found her and put her in 'Transformers.' I like to think that I've had some luck in building actors'….

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 ne….

I'm one of the few directors that actually shoots a lot in camera..

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..

Hollywood has to start finding more original stuff They've got to start by not depending on, 'What can we churn back out? How can we regurgitate this….