How hard can it be to blow up a room full of gasoline?!

Bigger is always better.

In the summer of 2002, we had spent six weeks shooting the three pilots of Mythbusters, and Jamie[Hyneman] called me up afterward - well, first he called me up to tell me to clear my crap back out of his shop - and he said, "Well, that was kind of fun, wasn't it? I mean, I don't see where this could go, because we pretty much did everything. But it was fun."

Fractals, the theory of relativity, the genome: these are magnificently beautiful constructs.

I'm a lifelong movie addict, and one of my favorite projects is making replica props and costumes. Nearly every one of these - from R2D2 to Hellboy's revolver - ends with the paint job. And it's not just cosmetic. The paint literally tells a story: what this thing is made of, where it's been, what it's been used for, and for how long.

We don't necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.

I just had one of those 'what the hell are we doing' moments.