159 Quotes by Jamie Hyneman

I think it's probably safe to say that continuing our onscreen relationship in front of the camera is probably not happening. I expect Adam may well pursue things in front of the camera, but I'm most likely not. It's not who I am.

I'm not an early adopter of technology unless I consider it absolutely indispensable.

I'm like a race horse attached to a freight wagon.

I pretty much just use my smartphone for phone calls.

As it turns out, one of the biggest choices we have doing the show is deciding the tangents we are allowed to take, the stuff that we see along the way. We're allowed to explore the world at large on these things; the urban-legend aspect of it is just kind of an excuse.

We really do prefer to build things rather than destroy things, believe it or not.

There are times when we're testing an actual explosion, and then there are times when we blow stuff up just because we can.

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

You know, 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.