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I always feel like any criminal who doesn't have a mask on is dumb: particularly the ones who don't realize that all mini-marts have cameras. I find that so hilarious. Or bank robbers without a mask. You're like, 'Have you seen no movies?'
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There was a Burger King in Hamilton, N.Y., where Colgate is, that had three sizes: Small, Medium, and Liter. I would go in there and order a large. And they'd say, 'We don't have large; we have liters.' So they'd make us order liters of cola, which I found to be just anti-American.
Jay Chandrasekhar
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When Broken Lizard writes a movie, we reject everything that doesn't have five guys as leads, so it needs to be cops or a basketball team; that's what we can do.
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We've always had a philosophy that we would always go wherever the joke is.
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A lot of comedies in the 1980s and 1990s had all these colors and were so brightly lit. But John Landis had this dark style, like a Scorsese film.
Jay Chandrasekhar -
A lot of people come from small towns, and they come here wondering 'Can I really make it in Hollywood?' When I went to L.A., I knew I was going to make it. There's no doubt about it. Why? Because I'm from Chicago!
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'Spinal Tap' influenced me, I think, specifically in making me really pay attention to tone.
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I've come to the realization that you can entertain people both through making them laugh and making them feel. You can be quiet, and they can feel, and you will have scored as well.
Jay Chandrasekhar
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A lot of the original people on 'SNL' came through Chicago - and Toronto, I'm sure - but Chicago was the center of it all. When I was there, Chris Farley - I knew him; we hung out and stuff - he went off to 'Saturday Night Live,' it was like, 'It's possible to be from here and make it.'
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What I've found is that humans do laugh at the same things everywhere.
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I have always felt a comedy's story is undercut if you have a villain who is not really menacing.
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What makes Broken Lizard, I think, is our timing.
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I think there's a pedigree that comes with being from Chicago that gives you some cache outside of L.A. and New York, where, frankly, most of show business really is.
Jay Chandrasekhar -
If you hang around people from L.A., they're, like, used to having their city being maligned.
Jay Chandrasekhar
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I would never be comfortable with an edited name. I have never hidden the fact that I am of Indian origin.
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When we had Brian Cox in 'Super Troopers,' we learned that when you put a great actor in the center of our lunacy, it grounds everything.
Jay Chandrasekhar -
'48 Hrs.' is very tough and funny.
Jay Chandrasekhar -
Violence is totally accepted in this country.
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We shot 'Super Troopers' on the side of the road in the summer in Poughkeepsie.
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The funny thing about any cop uniform is that people will do what you say when you're wearing a cop uniform.
Jay Chandrasekhar
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I have used the name Jambulingam while editing films such as 'Super Troopers' and 'Puddle Cruiser.' I like the look and sound of it.
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I am convinced that tough villains help make a comedy sparkle because they provide a contrast to the funny guys.
Jay Chandrasekhar -
One of my random skills is I have a very strong memory for dialogue and moments, and I don't know why.
Jay Chandrasekhar -
If a joke makes our tribe laugh, we assume it will make other friend-tribes laugh.
Jay Chandrasekhar