What I've found is that humans do laugh at the same things everywhere. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
A lot of comedy films, there's the opinion, 'Well, if it's funny, put it in.' But I think you have to be… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
I have always felt a comedy's story is undercut if you have a villain who is not really menacing. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
I did a lot of standup from ages 19 to 24 but then stopped to focus on sketch with Broken Lizard. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
We've always had a philosophy that we would always go wherever the joke is. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
If a joke makes our tribe laugh, we assume it will make other friend-tribes laugh. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
If you're not doing something or saying something in comedy, the camera is going to go somewhere else. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
I am convinced that tough villains help make a comedy sparkle because they provide a contrast to the funny guys. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
The reality about shooting films is that you can shoot many jokes and decide later which one works. So it's not worth… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
The first thing I do in the editing room is the 'radio edit,' where you listen to the dialogue and don't even… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
I started standup at age nineteen. I decided that the only way I was going to try show business as a career… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
Look at the opening sequence of 'The Blues Brothers,' which starts at the prison. The way it was filmed, it does not… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
It's never a matter ever, ever - are - we're never trying to gross anybody out, or ever are we trying to… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
Often, when you're in some of these writing rooms for... and the most restrictive is network television, right? They say, 'Wow, that's… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
Like hitting a baseball, comedy is very much about timing. To some degree, you either 'got it or you don't.' — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
I'm from Chicago. And I was an actor in high school and college, and I wanted to see if I could make a run… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share
'Super Troopers' did well but not crazy-well theatrically. But it did so well after that it - in ancillary markets - that it became… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share
The thing about people from Chicago and the Northwest suburbs is that they're very cocky. I think that serves us well in the show… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share
Colgate is the epitome of having it both ways. Academically, it ranks in the top twenty schools in the country, but it is also… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share
Ultimately, in regular television, you've got seven or eight executives and maybe 50 people in the room with dials who are deciding whether a… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share
To me, I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and my identity is of a suburban Chicago person. It's not like, 'Oh, I'm… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share
In 2010, The Princeton Review ranked Colgate the most beautiful campus in America - I agree. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share
A lot of filmmaking is just sort of slowed down by lawyers who feel they're more important than the filmmakers. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share
Occasionally, we would shoot something and think, 'This is it; we are over the line.' But the test audiences didn't have a problem with… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share
Often, when you're in some of these writing rooms for... and the most restrictive is network television, right? They say, 'Wow, that's a great… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share
Filmmaking, at the end of the day, is really - in addition to the story and all of the equipment and the actors, it's… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share
The thing about our movies is, we write thirty drafts. That's a very detailed script. Which means that if you try to crank it… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share
We shot 'Super Troopers' on the side of the road in the summer in Poughkeepsie. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share
Many films you see in theaters are financed through outside sources. With big films, the studio will pay, hoping to reap the reward of… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share
