Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie
Thursday, June 28th, 2007 4:18AM CDT
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Turturro told SciFi Wire that he based his performance as a preening government agent in the movie after Bay. "It was mostly Jon Voight's ideas translated from my body," Turturro claimed about his co-star. "Michael Bay was a little bit of an inspiration I would say."
"Michael likes to improvise a little bit," Turturro explained. "Everyone got a chance to do that in certain situations but he encouraged me to improvise and do different things. He's very child-like himself and had a good sense of humor and a lot of energy so I kept looking at him and thinking, I should do it more like Michael Bay -- at least a little bit. I'd tell him sometimes, 'I was doing you.' He's such a narcissist that he was just seeing me through (him). So it's OK."
You can read the entire interview here.
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Posted by Professor Smooth on June 28th, 2007 @ 6:41am CDT
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Posted by Creature SH on June 28th, 2007 @ 9:49am CDT
Posted by Blozor on June 28th, 2007 @ 1:24pm CDT
Creature SH wrote:I think "childlike" is the nice version of "this man's a retard".
That might be your own personal bias getting in the way. At first I read it as "prone to tantrums," but when you read the whole quote, (and I hate it when people pick and choose only the parts of a quote that support their own thesis), I took it that he has a lot of wonder and enthusiasm. There's nothing wrong with that. I'm going on thirty and still have that childlike sense of wonder at the world. I still go to the toy aisles at Wal-Mart for love's sake! There's nothing wrong with keeping that part of you that isn't jaded by life and still likes to have fun. It makes you a better person and more vibrant in the long run.
EDIT: I knew it. When I read Turtorro's description of him, certain qualities sounded familiar. I looked up Bay's birthdate and sure enough, he is a Snake, just like me. That's where the childlike nature, narcissism, and no bulls**t work ethic comes from.
Posted by Creature SH on June 28th, 2007 @ 2:08pm CDT
Posted by Night Raid on June 28th, 2007 @ 3:03pm CDT
Posted by Mr.RobotoAutoMan on June 28th, 2007 @ 3:59pm CDT
Posted by Orin_Thomas on June 28th, 2007 @ 4:58pm CDT
Is this the fat guy that goes on about "Asteroid Insurance?"
Posted by Yeti on June 28th, 2007 @ 11:41pm CDT
Posted by IrOnHiDe07 on June 30th, 2007 @ 1:13am CDT
Posted by NightFall on June 30th, 2007 @ 1:44am CDT
Posted by on June 30th, 2007 @ 2:36am CDT
Creature SH wrote:I think "childlike" is the nice version of "this man's a retard".
Posted by Autobot032 on June 30th, 2007 @ 3:40am CDT
Whether it's irrational hatred, fanboyism, or any "ism" for that matter, it always pushes a person to be their absolute worst.
Then they wonder why the rest of their fellow fans and friends sit back and say "...you're an idiot."
Have you notice one other thing? All these people who read too deeply, etc...have stinkfinger? Yeah, it's due to their incurable "Pulled it out of my ass" syndrome. You'd think they'd wash their hands afterwards. Hell, we need to bleach our brains after reading the crap they come up with.
Posted by Liege Evilmus on July 1st, 2007 @ 11:29am CDT
I'd do it too though.