Nearly every one of these – from R2D2 to Hellboy’s revolver – ends with the paint job. And it’s not just cosmetic.
ADAM SAVAGEI would have to say that looked like it hurt.
More Adam Savage Quotes
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I find it’s too much for me to read endless critiques, even if we’re being well-defended, of exactly what we’re doing.
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The paint literally tells a story: what this thing is made of, where it’s been, what it’s been used for, and for how long.
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Firemen have the coolest toys ever!
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You know, it’s the best job I’ve ever had, on its worst day it’s better than anything else, but it’s a huge amount of responsibility
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You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest.
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This is called being a human and it happens to everyone.
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It’s sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity.
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We are always works in progress.
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Lists are how I parse and manage the world.
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I mean it’s ridiculous. People just walk up and grab you and hold you, because they love Chewbacca so much.
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Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting.
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And also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.
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I am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly where the discussion should be. So, I would say I’m more optimistic than pessimistic.
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Learning to know something in its totality in my head, and then putting together all the constituent parts into a cohesive whole.
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My dignity and good television – they’ll never meet.
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I’ve always thought something that makes you laugh, it makes you laugh because there’s a little bit of truth to it.
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The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century
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I’m not a sculptor; I’m a hard-edged model maker.
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It’s a group of prop crazies just like me called the Replica Props Forum, and it’s people who trade, make and travel in information about movie props.
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Am I missing an eyebrow?
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Any time I have an Internet connection, there’s a sluice of stuff moving into there, everything from beautiful rings to cockpit photos.
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Sometimes my brain writes a check that reality can’t cash.
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The main trend with the theme episodes is that anywhere there is a misconception about the way the physical world works, we’re finding fertile material.
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And we both appreciate that the quickest and the dirtiest solution is usually the most elegant, the least expensive, and the fastest.
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I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted.
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That’s OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.
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