I don't think our death ray is working. I'm standing right in it, and I'm not dead yet. Jamie Hyneman More Quotes by Jamie Hyneman More Quotes From Jamie Hyneman The idea that you can contribute is really important, especially for a kid. Jamie Hyneman important kids ideas We should point out that if we feel like we've upset somebody and they're vitriolic, if people are actively pursuing some sort of complaint, then we've done our job. Jamie Hyneman upset jobs people If it turns out that we're doing proper science from time to time, it just happens to be that that's the most efficient way of doing it. We go into each of these stories with an open mind, and one of the great things about how the show works is that we're not approaching it from a doctoral point of view, we're just trying to see what happens. Jamie Hyneman views mind trying There are a lot of times when we can just time something and say "busted" or "confirmed" or whatever, instead of building a robot or some gadget to make it happen more elaborately. In those cases, we're simply enjoying ourselves. Jamie Hyneman gadgets robots building We've found that the biggest thing as far as the danger is simply pressure.When we work with explosives, we've got bomb technicians there, bomb-squad guys who go into unknown situations all the time, and they've dealt with it safely. Jamie Hyneman bombs squad guy There's no director who wants to portray cheese puffs with a certain color that's going to make or break the commercial, in his opinion. We don't have to do that, so I don't miss it at all, really. Jamie Hyneman color missing directors We're constantly pushing these materials and processes to the extreme to see what will happen. It's an insight into things that you don't normally see. Jamie Hyneman pushing insight process Dealing with effects, as a job it's great, but with Mythbusters, the stuff we've seen, the stuff we've absorbed over the years, has just been fantastic, and I wouldn't change it for the world. Jamie Hyneman jobs world years I think "MythBusters" is a step up from special effects because we not only have to make things look like they work, they actually do have to work. It's more challenging and even transcendental. Jamie Hyneman special challenges thinking I always enjoy seeing Adam [Savage] in pain. Jamie Hyneman savages adam pain I always telling people to "not try this at home," because most of what we do on MythBusters is really dangerous. Consequently, we can't encourage people to try that stuff. Jamie Hyneman home trying people There are a lot of things that I'd do differently. But I can't imagine being more fortunate than I have been. Jamie Hyneman fortunate has-beens imagine It's millions of times more efficient to collect hydroelectric power through a dam than raindrop by raindrop. Jamie Hyneman than more through power Just by going fast enough, you can ride on water with a motorcycle. Jamie Hyneman ride you motorcycle water If you build a robot, you're welding, machining sculpting, casting, dealing with electronics and hydraulics. Jamie Hyneman robot build you electronics Now that I'm not a puppet for some director, the Hyneman is free to explore the world at large. Jamie Hyneman explore some free world I'm a little suspicious of using microwaves. Jamie Hyneman using little suspicious There are times when we're testing an actual explosion, and then there are times when we blow stuff up just because we can. Jamie Hyneman just-because because just testing I pretty much learned not to fight with it a long time ago and let it do what it likes to do. Otherwise, my shaving techniques are pretty mundane. I tend to do it in the shower because it makes the bristles soft and keeps the razor from building up the hairs inside it, and the mustache is dealt with with scissors. Jamie Hyneman fight long-time time long We've gotten quite creative with our use of explosives... It's almost like an art form, rather than just blowing crap up. Jamie Hyneman just like creative art
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