“You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest.”

That’s a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.

That you have to do the heavy lifting while you’re here. And when you don’t, well, you suffer the consequences.

Its strength lies in its open architecture and its ability to allow a framework where all voices can be heard.

We’re discovering the hidden orders of the universe every day.

I’m not a sculptor; I’m a hard-edged model maker.

When 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.

Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!

In theory, cars are fairly simple. If they don’t start, it’s either the fuel system or the electrical system.

The skeptical community is absolutely near and dear to the Mythbusters’ heart and there’s no small reason that they’ve embraced us.

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.

I’m obsessed with the form of a toolbox.

I’ve paid attention. I’ve pictured what I want to happen in my life.

Fractals, the theory of relativity, the genome: these are magnificently beautiful constructs.

It’s a repository for my brain, everything that I could possibly be interested in.

In fact, sometimes the only way they’ll ever exist is if you make them yourself.

Whether it’s the experiments on ‘MythBusters’ or my earlier work in special effects for movies