I’m always going to be making costumes. It’s one of the ways I relax my brain.
ADAM SAVAGEIn the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a ‘failed experiment.’ Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.
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You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest.
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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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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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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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From earliest times, humans – explorers and thinkers – have wanted to figure out the shape of their world.
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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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I’ve learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.
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In addition to the pleasure of having the piece, there is a deep and abiding pleasure for me assembling something in my head
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The best-case scenario is that the glass shatters in my face! How do you think that makes me feel?
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The idea of a portable kit that has everything you might need ignites something inside me. It’s like Batman’s utility belt.
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There are women who are wishing that they were that piece of tape right now.
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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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Fractals, the theory of relativity, the genome: these are magnificently beautiful constructs.
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Whether it’s in a phrase like “going over like a lead balloon” or “a needle in a haystack,” or tackling movie myths or even a genre, like MacGyver or James Bond
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