“No. I’m aware that this could possibly cost me a job that I care for very much, but at the same time it’s an integrity issue. It’s also a loyalty issue, so now I’m not going to... I’m not [going to] bite my tongue or anything. That’s just who I am as a person,” the actor said.
Continuing, Bautista said he tries to be careful whenever he publicly calls out Disney for firing Gunn after a slew of controversial tweets from the director surfaced.
“I’ve tried to actually be very choosy about what I say and the way I say it. I don’t necessarily mean to be disrespectful, but at the same time I have to say what’s on my mind and in my heart. I’ve just been honest. That’s what I’ve been and that’s the way I live my life as an honest person,” he explained.
“It is what it is. [If it is] enough to cost me a job, that’s just what happens. You can’t threaten a poor man with poverty; You know, I grew up poor. I know what it’s like to be poor. I’m not afraid of losing money, it means nothing to me. I will wrestle in backyards in front of ten people if I have to make a living, so I’m not going to be flexible with my integrity,” Bautista continued. “I’m just going to speak my mind and try not be disrespectful.”
"It's a bitter, bitter conversation because I’m not really happy with what they’ve done with James Gunn," Bautista admitted. "They're putting the movie off, it's on hold indefinitely. To be honest with you, I don't know if I want to work for Disney."
