When we had Brian Cox in 'Super Troopers,' we learned that when you put a great actor in the center of our… — Jay Chandrasekhar Actor Copy Share Image
All I can do is keep my nose down and shoot the scene, shoot the scene, make it funny, make it funny,… — Jay Chandrasekhar Funny Copy Share Image
I think that Broken Lizard movies typically have to be able to star five guys, so it's like, policemen, spacemen, a basketball… — Jay Chandrasekhar Basketball team 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 Cinema 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 have used the name Jambulingam while editing films such as 'Super Troopers' and 'Puddle Cruiser.' I like the look and sound… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
In 2010, The Princeton Review ranked Colgate the most beautiful campus in America - I agree. — Jay Chandrasekhar America Copy Share Image
If you hang around people from L.A., they're, like, used to having their city being maligned. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
Making an independent film is so great because you're your boss. And you have to be disciplined. You know? Because there's nobody… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
I think that society is aspiring towards racial indifference, but the reality of life is not that. And so when you meet… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
'Super Troopers' benefited from the old way of watching films, the way we watched at Colgate, when you went to someone's house,… — 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 Comedy Copy Share Image
Our fans often tell us that they see themselves in us. The relationship between the guys in Broken Lizard rings a bell… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
I've come to the realization that you can entertain people both through making them laugh and making them feel. You can be… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
With 'Puddle Cruiser,' the first 15 minutes are the weakest. When you're total unknowns and you have a weak opening, it's a… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
I find that there's so much funny stuff in real life, and I am much more interested in super grounded, real stuff,… — 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… — Jay Chandrasekhar Business 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… — 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 Baseball 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 Comedy Copy Share Image
The funny thing about any cop uniform is that people will do what you say when you're wearing a cop uniform. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
Jessica's Daisy Dukes are even shorter than Catherine Bach's, which I honestly didn't think was possible. — 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… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
As funny as we thought our script might have been, 'Super Troopers,' starring five nobodies, didn't fit the model of a good… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
If a joke makes our tribe laugh, we assume it will make other friend-tribes laugh. — Jay Chandrasekhar Comedy 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,… — 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 Camera Copy Share Image
The reality of show business - and I suppose a lot of businesses, but specifically show business - is that it is… — Jay Chandrasekhar Business Copy Share Image
One of my random skills is I have a very strong memory for dialogue and moments, and I don't know why. — Jay Chandrasekhar Communication Copy Share Image
I've written close to 20 screenplays and 100 sketches - I know exactly how to do them. They're judged by set criteria… — 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 Age Copy Share Image
People always ask us, 'Hey, is there going to be a 'Beerfest 2'?' I don't know if I have another beer joke… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
We can't make movies without scripts, and there's no cost to writing a script, so my advice to newcomers is do it… — Jay Chandrasekhar Advice Copy Share Image
I was pre-med for a semester, and then I got a C- in organic chemistry and was washed out of that program.… — Jay Chandrasekhar Chemistry Copy Share Image
I took one film class at NYU over a summer and learned the basics - you know, how to load a camera… — Jay Chandrasekhar Basics Copy Share Image
It takes a year for us to generate a script that is ready to shoot. There are maybe 20 drafts of a… — Jay Chandrasekhar Love Copy Share Image
We hoped to get a TV show, and we almost did, but 'The State' beat us out for this MTV show. So… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
I always feel like any criminal who doesn't have a mask on is dumb: particularly the ones who don't realize that all… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
'Spinal Tap' is interesting because it created a genre of film and ended it - all in one motion. If you do… — 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… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
