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 Indian.’ I’m not. I’m American. Jay Chandrasekhar Read Quote
I think that Broken Lizard movies typically have to be able to star five guys, so it’s like, policemen, spacemen, a basketball team. Jay Chandrasekhar Read Quote
Spinal Tap’ influenced me, I think, specifically in making me really pay attention to tone. Jay Chandrasekhar Read Quote
A lot of comedy films, there’s the opinion, ‘Well, if it’s funny, put it in.’ But I think you have to be more disciplined than that. Jay Chandrasekhar Read Quote
I think, in a film that’s supposed to last an hour and a half, I think you have to really pay attention to what kind of movie you’re making, what is the audience experiencing, and does this joke fit with this joke? Jay Chandrasekhar Read Quote
With ‘Puddle Cruiser,’ the first 15 minutes are the weakest. When you’re total unknowns and you have a weak opening, it’s a real problem. At some screenings, we’d see the odd walkout before the movie even got going. But to counteract that, we’d do sketches before the show to introduce the film. Jay Chandrasekhar Read Quote
I remember walking into the editing room when I was a junior in college, and I watched the guy make cuts, and I didn’t know what the hell was going on. He was just putting these shots together and telling the story, and it was amazing. Jay Chandrasekhar Read Quote
What I do when I act and direct is I do a small version, go a little bigger, do a medium one, an over-the-top one, and then even bigger than that. I’ll do six readings of the line. And they’re not all the same. Just so I know if I was wrong about what I should have done, I luckily have this more subtle version. Jay Chandrasekhar Read Quote
In 2010, The Princeton Review ranked Colgate the most beautiful campus in America – I agree. Jay Chandrasekhar Read Quote
I have always felt a comedy’s story is undercut if you have a villain who is not really menacing. Jay Chandrasekhar Read Quote
