Jay Chandrasekhar Quotes

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 show goes - and it's not a great way, because we're making mass entertainment.

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• I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.

  

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• Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

  

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• Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.

  

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• Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.

  

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• From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.

  

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• Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.

  

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• Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.

  

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• I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.

  

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• I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.

  

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• There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out. It just comes quietly, slowly, sometimes so quietly that you don't realize it until you start looking back.

  

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• The CW is a very fashion-oriented network and they like their stars to look a certain way. I like that, but at the same time, I need Nikita to be toned down a bit. You can't draw too much attention to Nikita because she's an assassin.

  

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• It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.

  

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• The natural sweetness of leeks, with their soft, oniony aroma, makes them the perfect winter comfort food.

  

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• I'm very happy alone.

  

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• 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 show goes - and it's not a great way, because we're making mass entertainment.

  

  Jay Chandrasekhar
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