I’m a lifelong movie addict, and one of my favorite projects is making replica props and costumes.
ADAM SAVAGEForever, the way we’ve done that is through storytelling. It is difficult to let the truth get in the way of a good story.
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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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Fractals, the theory of relativity, the genome: these are magnificently beautiful constructs.
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Let’s blow some stuff up.
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And also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.
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I’m not gonna shoot anyone with the pellet gun… Not unless I have to!
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There are women who are wishing that they were that piece of tape right now.
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I felt like I had kind of played it out, and I wanted to see what was next, and then came Mythbusters.
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Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.
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Back when I was a professional model-maker at Industrial Light & Magic, my specialty was hard-edged construction – spaceships, miniature sets, and architectural stuff.
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I’m always going to be making costumes. It’s one of the ways I relax my brain.
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That’s OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.
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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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The explosions, like the urban legends, are a great way of bringing people in to watch, because it’s really fun, and you know we’re always going to give you a satisfying ending.
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The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!
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Let’s get on our knees and pray. I don’t know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?
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I am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola.
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Gravity. It’s not just a good idea; it’s the law!
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Again, like I said, my life has been about being fascinated by objects and the stories that they tell,
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New York State is giant and has some of the most beautiful landscape on the Eastern seaboard.
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If I haven’t had any long term psychological side effects from all the things I’ve already done on this show, this isn’t gonna hurt much more.
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I have some ideas on how to fix that.
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Put me in front of a crowd of science teachers or astronauts! The guileless aren’t our audience – it’s the critical thinkers we love.
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Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences.
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We don’t necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.
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Forever, the way we’ve done that is through storytelling. It is difficult to let the truth get in the way of a good story.
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I’ve learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.
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