This is the point in the show where we say, 'Oh, what else do we have in the van that's flammable?' Adam Savage More Quotes by Adam Savage More Quotes From Adam Savage There's this group online that I frequent. It's a group of prop crazies just like me called the Replica Props Forum, and it's people who trade, make and travel in information about movie props. Adam Savage groupsinformationpeople I'm obsessed with the form of a toolbox. The idea of a portable kit that has everything you might need ignites something inside me. It's like Batman's utility belt. Adam Savage mightideasneeds Am I about to feel really, really stupid? Adam Savage really-stupidstupidfeels I believe that rules do not make us moral; loving each other makes us moral. Adam Savage i-believemoralbelieve The 'Mythbusters' crew, we monitor the Discovery boards, we look for the new ideas that are being forwarded on those boards, and we keep track of what's going on, we keep updated. Adam Savage trackdiscoveryideas The Internet is probably the most important technological advancement of my lifetime. Its strength lies in its open architecture and its ability to allow a framework where all voices can be heard. Adam Savage voiceimportantlying Whether it's the experiments on 'MythBusters' or my earlier work in special effects for movies, I've regularly had to do things that were never done before, from designing complex motion-control rigs to figuring out how to animate chocolate. Adam Savage designchocolatespecial Am I missing an eyebrow? Adam Savage mythbusterseyebrowsmissing 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. Adam Savage donehurtlong There are women who are wishing that they were that piece of tape right now. Adam Savage tapepieceswish We're allowed to explore the world at large on these things; the urban-legend aspect of it is just kind of an excuse. Adam Savage urban-legendskindworld I had saved a few hundred photos of dodo skeletons into my 'Creative Projects' folder - it's a repository for my brain, everything that I could possibly be interested in. Any time I have an Internet connection, there's a sluice of stuff moving into there, everything from beautiful rings to cockpit photos. Adam Savage skeletonsbeautifulmoving In the summer of 2002, we had spent six weeks shooting the three pilots of Mythbusters, and Jamie[Hyneman] called me up afterward - well, first he called me up to tell me to clear my crap back out of his shop - and he said, "Well, that was kind of fun, wasn't it? I mean, I don't see where this could go, because we pretty much did everything. But it was fun." Adam Savage summerfunmean The skeptical community is absolutely near and dear to the Mythbusters’ heart and there’s no small reason that they’ve embraced us. That’s our people. That’s the way we like to think. Adam Savage heartpeoplethinking The main trend with the theme episodes is that anywhere there is a misconception about the way the physical world works, we're finding fertile material. 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, we're finding that all these things can lead to people believing the world works in a certain way. It might not be correct, but we can test out if it's true. Adam Savage phrasesbelievepeople It's a treat to see the sun rise over the desert. What am I saying? It's a treat to fire off a rocket car over the desert! Adam Savage desertcarfire I felt like I had kind of played it out, and I wanted to see what was next, and then came Mythbusters. You know, it's the best job I've ever had, on its worst day it's better than anything else, but it's a huge amount of responsibility, and there are days when just going into work and building something from someone else's drawing sounds like going back to heaven. Adam Savage best-jobresponsibilityjobs Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences. There are jokes I tell in the show that don't get laughs unless I am in front of an audience of critical thinkers. 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. Adam Savage crowdsteacherlaughing We cleared all traces of our occupation out of M6 and moved to M7, and it's been quite smooth over there. We chose a place all the way at the end of an industrial park. Adam Savage occupationparksway How hard can it be to blow up a room full of gasoline?! Adam Savage gasolineblowrooms
