This is the point in the show where we say, ‘Oh, what else do we have in the van that’s flammable?’
ADAM SAVAGEThis is the point in the show where we say, ‘Oh, what else do we have in the van that’s flammable?’
ADAM SAVAGEBack when I was a professional model-maker at Industrial Light & Magic, my specialty was hard-edged construction – spaceships, miniature sets, and architectural stuff.
ADAM SAVAGEThe 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.
ADAM SAVAGEMy dignity and good television – they’ll never meet.
ADAM SAVAGEWhen I finally got up to Industrial Light And Magic to work on the ‘Star Wars’ movies as a model-maker, it felt like dying and going to heaven.
ADAM SAVAGEwe’re finding that all these things can lead to people believing the world works in a certain way. I
ADAM SAVAGEI am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola.
ADAM SAVAGERemember kids, I have life insurance.
ADAM SAVAGEFrom earliest times, humans – explorers and thinkers – have wanted to figure out the shape of their world.
ADAM SAVAGEThere is no dignity in television.
ADAM SAVAGEPut me in front of a crowd of science teachers or astronauts! The guileless aren’t our audience – it’s the critical thinkers we love.
ADAM SAVAGEBigger is always better.
ADAM SAVAGEI think the whole thing that Jamie [Hyneman] and I have in working together is that we are constantly simplifying each other’s designs,
ADAM SAVAGEWe are always works in progress.
ADAM SAVAGEFiremen have the coolest toys ever!
ADAM SAVAGEWell, that was kind of fun, wasn’t it? I mean, I don’t see where this could go, because we pretty much did everything. But it was fun.”
ADAM SAVAGE