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> [The first thing I do in the editing room is the 'radio edit,' where you listen to the dialogue and don't even look at the visuals. The rhythm, the music of the comedy, has to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/the-first-thing-i-do-in-the-editing-room-is-the-radio-edit-where-you/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

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## More by Jay Chandrasekhar

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/i-m-from-chicago-and-i-was-an-actor-in-high-school-and-college-and-i/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

> [My father and mother were both doctors, yes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/my-father-and-mother-were-both-doctors-yes/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

> ['Super Troopers' did well but not crazy-well theatrically. But it did so well after that it - in ancillary markets - that it became…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/super-troopers-did-well-but-not-crazy-well-theatrically-but-it-did-so/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/the-thing-about-people-from-chicago-and-the-northwest-suburbs-is-that/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

> [Colgate is the epitome of having it both ways. Academically, it ranks in the top twenty schools in the country, but it is also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/colgate-is-the-epitome-of-having-it-both-ways-academically-it-ranks/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/ultimately-in-regular-television-you-ve-got-seven-or-eight-executives/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/to-me-i-grew-up-in-the-suburbs-of-chicago-and-my-identity-is-of-a/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

> [In 2010, The Princeton Review ranked Colgate the most beautiful campus in America - I agree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/in-2010-the-princeton-review-ranked-colgate-the-most-beautiful-campus/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

> [A lot of filmmaking is just sort of slowed down by lawyers who feel they're more important than the filmmakers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/a-lot-of-filmmaking-is-just-sort-of-slowed-down-by-lawyers-who-feel/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/occasionally-we-would-shoot-something-and-think-this-is-it-we-are/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/often-when-you-re-in-some-of-these-writing-rooms-for-and-the-most/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

> [Filmmaking, at the end of the day, is really - in addition to the story and all of the equipment and the actors, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/filmmaking-at-the-end-of-the-day-is-really-in-addition-to-the-story/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/the-thing-about-our-movies-is-we-write-thirty-drafts-that-s-a-very/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

> [We shot 'Super Troopers' on the side of the road in the summer in Poughkeepsie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/we-shot-super-troopers-on-the-side-of-the-road-in-the-summer-in/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

> [Many films you see in theaters are financed through outside sources. With big films, the studio will pay, hoping to reap the reward of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-chandrasekhar/many-films-you-see-in-theaters-are-financed-through-outside-sources/)

[Jay Chandrasekhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-chandrasekhar/)

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