That aesthetic of the Star Wars universe: the do-it-yourself, hotrod ethic that George Lucas exported from his childhood, is exactly the same kind of soul behind what we do and build for the show.
ADAM SAVAGEAnd we both appreciate that the quickest and the dirtiest solution is usually the most elegant, the least expensive, and the fastest.
More Adam Savage Quotes
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So my wife’s experience is just like that of anybody else whose husband goes away to a blue collar job and comes home bruised and dirty and often proud of the work that they’re doing.
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There are jokes I tell in the show that don’t get laughs unless I am in front of an audience of critical thinkers.
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Gravity. It’s not just a good idea; it’s the law!
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I’m a lifelong movie addict, and one of my favorite projects is making replica props and costumes.
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I’m actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend.
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That’s a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.
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Well, first he called me up to tell me to clear my crap back out of his shop – and he said, “
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We cleared all traces of our occupation out of M6 and moved to M7, and it’s been quite smooth over there.
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“I agree your results aren’t always right,” they’ll say, “but your methods are clearly showing that science is a re-creative process, and it’s an interesting process because it’s messy, and no other shows show that.”
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I have concluded through careful empirical analysis and much thought that somebody is looking out for me, keeping track of what I think about things, forgiving me when I do less than I ought.
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Teach yourself about the path of each in your engine and tracing it is fairly straightforward. But at the beginning, mastering each new system seems like an unreachable shore.
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We are always works in progress.
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This is the point in the show where we say, ‘Oh, what else do we have in the van that’s flammable?’
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I think at this point, there’s a certain bizarre chemistry between Jamie [Hyneman] and I that we can’t ignore a lot of the mechanics of, that we’re quite aware of.
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That’s our job – to strap rockets onto everything.
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