Jamie Hyneman

“I work out regularly because I don't see the mind and body as that separate.”

“I really didn't think this was going to be a success. We did the first three episodes and I said to Adam, 'I can't see this going anywhere. I've already used up all my urban legends.'”

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

“Terry Gilliam has directed some of the best examples of what I like to see in a film - one of them being 'Baron Munchausen.'”

“As far as I'm concerned, raising the bar or encouraging kids in large numbers to be interested in science, I can't think of anything I'd rather see happen.”

“I was a problematic kid, to be sure.”

“I'm excited about all technology.”

“We've gotten quite creative with our use of explosives... It's almost like an art form, rather than just blowing crap up.”

“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.”

“The daily work on special effects is fairly mundane.”

“There are a lot of scientists or other people who can be very skeptical or rational within their field, but they may well not do that in other aspects of their lives, when it comes to things like religion, or what have you. People have this amazing gift for being selective with their curiosity and skepticism.”

“We got a lot of gay fan mail when the show first started. Something to do with being in San Francisco and being a big, burly guy with a big moustache. But we're both happily married. To women.”

“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.”

“We're not friends - in fact, we pretty much as a rule irritate each other. But we've learnt to embrace it and use it as a strength... the other guy's always seeing something from the opposite pole.”

“I was approached to do 'MythBusters' in 2002. I didn't think it would go anywhere, but I guess anything can happen if you wear a funny hat and have lots of facial hair.”

“I've ended up water skiing behind the Stanford rowing team as well as water skiing behind an excavator while it swung around in a circle.”

“Over the years, we've developed a respect for each other in the roles that we play and we rely on that difference to recreate clarity for the audience.”

“One of the main reasons for success on the show is that we're not a demonstration show. We're an experimentation show.”

“We're fond of pointing out that we've known each other for over 25 years now and not once sat down alone to have dinner together. We pretty much avoid spending whatever time together that we can.”

“Well, one of the myths early on that I think is one of the funnier things we've done is airline toilet seats. That one was about a large woman that sat down on a seat in an airline and flushed the toilet and got stuck on it.”