Jamie Hyneman Quotes

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Jamie Hyneman

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : September 25, 1956

Arachnophobia' was one of the first films I did major effects for.

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Both Adam and I come from a practical effects background.

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Miles Flannery - he's a beast. Very talented, but a brute. He's one of three guys who help us keep the shop maintained, help us set up on location and assist in building something if time is short.

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I think when you do stuff in a computer people tend to dismiss it. It also allows you to make a lot of stuff totally not connected with reality because you're not limited by any kind of reality.

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I never dreamed we would be on television at all, much less for such a long time and with so much praise for keeping a thought provoking show on the air. And best of all, we were able to do what we do and still have all our fingers and toes.

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If you build a robot, you're welding, machining sculpting, casting, dealing with electronics and hydraulics.

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Neither of us were experienced hosts on television. But the show seemd to moved in the direction of our characters, the way we approached things. It evolved around us and the things we think are interesting.

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It's fun to use your brain.

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We couldn't be happier that the show has encouraged kids to have an interest in science and math, but we don't try to do that. We just have fun, which is its own bold statement.

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Science is for anyone who wants to explore their world and understand things.

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We seriously irritate each other and don't want to spend any time together. And yet we have a profound respect for the partnership. We're like a couple of dogs with a rag.

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If I had one word to describe how I feel at never having to work with co-host Adam Savage again it'd be relief.

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Personally I'm more into science and engineering types of things, not so much into testing 'Star Wars' myths.

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You have to remember that I'm a guy who is happiest in a dark room just thinking.

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I'm not a sociable person. I don't like to talk.

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I wouldn't spend five minutes with Adam outside work if I didn't have to. But yet I feel somewhat displaced without him in the workplace... destroying my tools and leaving messes everywhere he goes.

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The daily work on special effects is fairly mundane.

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We're these guys that are very tech-savvy, so people tend to expect us to say our favorite gadgets are thing like the latest iPhone or the latest app or something like that. Adam is pretty much like that. As far as myself, I'm the kind of guy that tends to go for the absolute simplest things.

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I pretty much just use my smartphone for phone calls.

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Pepper spray, a Taser, a suckling pig and a self-built motorized spit. It's a perfect Thanksgiving, 'MythBusters'-style.

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