Jamie Hyneman

I pretty much just use my smartphone for phone calls.

— Jamie Hyneman

I was a problematic kid, to be sure.

— Jamie Hyneman

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

— Jamie Hyneman

I am pretty much who I seem, and it's not a television host.

— Jamie Hyneman

The daily work on special effects is fairly mundane.

— Jamie Hyneman

Algae are such basic, simple organisms.

— Jamie Hyneman

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

— Jamie Hyneman

I'm a little suspicious of using microwaves.

— Jamie Hyneman

Science isn't just for scientists and guys in lab coats. It's something that everybody can do.

— Jamie Hyneman

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

— Jamie Hyneman

I don't think our death ray is working. I'm standing right in it, and I'm not dead yet.

— Jamie Hyneman

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

— Jamie Hyneman

There are things that you would think were not possible, and yet they are.

— Jamie Hyneman

In my case you can pretty well figure that you can put a beret and a mustache on just about anything you…

— Jamie Hyneman

We're not too out there to educate people about any specific thing necessarily so much as we are to encourage critical and…

— Jamie Hyneman

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

— Jamie Hyneman

We seriously irritate each other and don't want to spend any time together. And yet we have a profound respect for the…

— Jamie Hyneman

We couldn't be happier that the show has encouraged kids to have an interest in science and math, but we don't try…

— Jamie Hyneman

I don't see that we're any different than many, many people that are out there. And it's hard to kind of accept…

— Jamie Hyneman

Duct tape is like that. It's a building block. You can make a rope out of it, you can make a cloth…

— Jamie Hyneman

I think when you do stuff in a computer people tend to dismiss it. It also allows you to make a lot…

— Jamie Hyneman

As it turns out, one of the biggest choices we have doing the show is deciding the tangents we are allowed to…

— Jamie Hyneman

The only way we can fly planes and use computers is because people were curious about their world and also skeptical about…

— Jamie Hyneman

As far as I'm concerned, raising the bar or encouraging kids in large numbers to be interested in science, I can't think…

— Jamie Hyneman

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

— Jamie Hyneman

We've got a great deal of respect for each other on camera as well as off, no matter what it might occasionally…

— Jamie Hyneman

I have to say that we're not actors, at least on 'Mythbusters' or any of the other television projects that we've done.

— Jamie Hyneman

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

— Jamie Hyneman

At its core, what we do in 'MythBusters' is turn science into an adventure.

— Jamie Hyneman

A good urban legend is something that actually did happen but it got twisted in the telling over time.

— Jamie Hyneman

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

— Jamie Hyneman

Now that I'm not a puppet for some director, the Hyneman is free to explore the world at large.

— Jamie Hyneman

When I was in school, shop class was where the kids that weren't good in anything to do with books went.

— Jamie Hyneman

Duct tape is not a perfect solution to anything. But with a little creativity, in a pinch, it's an adequate solution to…

— Jamie Hyneman

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

— Jamie Hyneman

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

— Jamie Hyneman

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

— Jamie Hyneman

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

— Jamie Hyneman

For four years, I worked as one of the general shop crew on movies like 'Naked Lunch' and 'Arachnophobia.' I made lots…

— Jamie Hyneman

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

— Jamie Hyneman