Mythbusters' star explains how the cohosts survived 14 seasons without getting along: 'We're not friends

"You don't have to get along with someone if you respect their work," Savage told BI. "It's important to respect what their abilities are. Jamie and I might argue back and forth about how to execute something, but the simple fact is that I know by the end of the day that he'd get it done, even if I wasn't there, and he knows the same about me."

"When the right idea shows up in the room, it's point of pride with us, and it's always been a point of pride with us to step out of the way and execute the right idea," Savage said. "There's nothing I find more boring than arguing with someone because they want to use their idea instead of the right idea. And half the time, we couldn't figure out which one of us came up with the final way to do something."

He added, "Ultimately, the take away is we don't have to get along as long as we have our minds and our eyes on the same goal, which is to tell an elegant story about genuinely coming to an answer about a question we're absolutely, honestly curious about."

"Becoming famous is just plain weird. There's no other way to put it. It's a very peculiar glimpse into the world, and it's afforded wonderful results in my life, but it's also very strange, and having someone to go through that with is stabilizing," Savage explained.

He continued, "The two of us were the ones going through it. And in that partnership, we didn't really disagree about the big things. We argued always about the small things, but when it came to the large questions of should we stump for this product or that corporate company or should we go do this project together ... we never really butted heads about the large things, and I'm really grateful for that."

The "MythBusters" series finale airs Sunday, March 6 at 10 p.m. on the Science Channel.