By Russ Fischer/July 3, 2009 2:58 pm EST

Bay’s response, in the Wall Street Journal, was fantastic.

He’s right about helping build actors’ careers, and he’s certainly made Megan Fox. But he hasn’t done it by making them act, so there’s a little give and take in that statement. He even circles around an admission that his movies aren’t for actors with another statement to the WSJ.

I’ve been talking to some big actors right now about something that is totally different. A small dark comedy, a true story, with actors just acting, no effects. I’m done with effects movies for now.