Failure is always an option.
ADAM SAVAGEYou give me a drawing, you give me a prop to replicate, you give me a crane, scaffolding, parts from ‘Star Wars’
More Adam Savage Quotes
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My advice is keep your lips away from the spinning things.
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The closer the deadline, the more likely you’ll start thinking waaay outside the box.
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Isn’t television glamourous?
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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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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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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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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.
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I just had one of those ‘what the hell are we doing’ moments.
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Sometimes my brain writes a check that reality can’t cash.
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I have some ideas on how to fix that.
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It’s a pointless delay that wrecks my pace – and mood.
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After all those years of doing remote detonations, where we just push a button and something explodes, to actually see a nice big fat line of black smoke heading toward something that will blow up is very satisfying.
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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 like to work fast. I despise not having the right tool or, worse, knowing I have it but not being able to find it.
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Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long.
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