159 Quotes by Jamie Hyneman

All of the experiments are really cool. Probably one of the better ones is “Running in the Rain.” It depends on circumstances: how fast are you running, if there’s wind, or any of the other things involved with the circumstances of running in the rain. That’s a favorite, I suppose.

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.

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.

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.

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.

On occasion, we at 'MythBusters' come across stories we want to test that require using a pig carcass to simulate human physiology.

Both Adam and I come from a practical effects background.

My hair was falling out so I got in the habit of wearing a hat. And I didn't like baseball caps so I got a beret.

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.