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
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 Image
'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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
In 2010, The Princeton Review ranked Colgate the most beautiful campus in America - I agree. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 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 a great… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
We shot 'Super Troopers' on the side of the road in the summer in Poughkeepsie. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
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 Image
